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REAL  ESTATE  VALUES 


AND 


HISTORICAL   NOTES 


OF 


CHICAGO. 


BY    M.    H.    PUTNEY. 


CHICAGO,  JANUARY  1,  1900. 


Copyrighted,  1900,  by 

MARK   H.    PUTNEY, 

Chicago. 


PREFACE. 

The  origin,  development  and  present  condition  of  the  City  of 
Chicago,  when  compared  to  that  of  other  great  cities  on  the  globe, 
would  seem  to  present  sufficient  grounds  for  a  history  of  no  small 
magnitude.  It  is  not  the  purpose,  however,  of  the  writer  of  this 
volume  to  bring  forth  a  full  and  complete  history  of  Chicago,  but 
rather  a  collection  of  notes  on  history  together  with  numerous 
tables  of  real  estate  values,  statistics,  etc.,  which  shall  be  at  once 
;  not  only  a  guide,  instructor  and  ready  reference  for  the  business 
man,  but  as  well,  a  compilation  of  ideas  and  information  entertain- 
ing to  all.  For  a  considerable  amount  of  information  relating  to 
the  early  history  of  Chicago  we  are  indebted  to  such  works  as 
"Andreas'  History  of  Chicago,"  "  Moses  and  Kirkland's  History 
of  Chicago,"  "Industrial  Chicago,"  and  the  Fergus  publications. 
Other  information  was  obtained  from  interviews  held  with  old 
settlers,  personal  observations,  etc. 

The  tables  of  real  estate  values  contain  a  partial  list  of  actual 
transactions  in  sales  and  leases  made  during  the  last  ten  years  of  the 
nineteenth  century.  The  tables  of  square  foot  and  front  foot  values 
represent  vacant  property  only. 

M.  H.  p. 


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REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 


VALUES  PER  SQUARE  FOOT  OF  THE  BUSINESS  CENTER  OF  CHICAGO. 

V 

This  table  shows  the  values  per  square  foot  of  the  business 
centre  bounded  by  12th  street,  Lake  Michigan  and  the  Chicago 
river,  and  are  based  on  sales,  rentals  and  tax  commission  valuations 
made  during  the  last  ten  years  of  the  nineteenth  century.  Land 
values  only  are  represented. 

ADAMS  STREET. 

Value  per 
Year.  Description.  sq.  foot. 

1896  S  E  cor  of  Fifth  ave  nf  68x90.50,  sold $  53.14 

1896.  68  ft  e  of  Fifth  ave  nf  45.66x110,  sold.  ..-. 36.83 

1892.  54  ft  w  of  LaSalle  st  nf  150x160,  sold 34.75 

1896.  95  ft  e  of  LaSalle  st  sf  45x190,  val.  tax  com 36.84 

1899.  139  ft  w  of  Clark  st  sf  41x99,  sold 48.68 

1896.  S  E  cor  of  Dearborn  st  nf  50x73,  val.  tax  com  ....    105.00 

1895.  N  E  cor  of  Dearborn  st  sf  198x162.20,   lease  basis.  42.60 

1898.  100  ft  w  of  State  st  nf  80x75,  lease  basis 37.50 

1895.     N  W  cor  of  State  st  sf  198x162.20,  lease  basis 42.60 

1895.     100  ft  w  of  Wabash  av  sf  35x77,  sold 37. 60 

1891.  N  W  cor  of  Michigan  av  sf  52x110,  lease  basis. .  ..  24.48 

CLARK  STREET. 

1891.  S  E  cor  of  Lake  st  wf  40x80,  sold 50.00 

1895.  140  ft  n  of  Randolph  st  wf  41x160,  sold 32.00 

1890.  N  E  cor  of  Randolph  st  wf  140x80,  sold 44.72 

1891.  N  E  cor  of  Washington  st  wf  100x80,  bid 100.00 

1890.  130  ft  s  of  Washington  st  wf  25x80,  sold.    65.00 

1894.  20  ft  n  of  Madison  st  ef  20x80,  lease  basis 88.50 

1890.  N  W  cor  of  Madison  st  ef  20x80,  lease  basis §00.45 

1894.  50  ft  s  of  Madison  st  wf  20x70,  lease  basis 82.00 

1893.  S  W  cor  of  Monroe  st  ef  80x90,  lease  basis 110.00 

1899.  100  ft  s  of  Monroe  st  ef  30x90,  sold.  .  37.00 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AfD  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

CLARK  STREET — Continued. 

Value  per 

Description.  sq.  foot. 

S  E  cor  of  Jackson  blvd  wf  49.60x103,  sold $51.40 

S  W  cor  of  Jackson  blvd  ef  50x216,  sold 85.00 

175  ft  s  of  Jackson  blvd  wf  25x100,  sold 30.00 

N  E  cor  of  Van  Buren  st  wf  50x100,  lease  basis 36.25 

300  ft  n  of  Harrison  st  ef  25x100,   sold 15.00 

100  ft  n  of  Harrison  st  ef  50x105,  lease  basis 9.52 

225  feet  s  of  Polk  st  ef  20x102,  sold 8.33 

350  ft  s  of  Polk  st  ef  20x102,   sold 10.00 

CONGRESS  STREET. 

S  W  cor  of  Franklin  st  nf  340x221,  sold 8.60 

CUSTOM  HOUSE  PLACE. 

100  ft  s  of  Jackson  blvd  ef  28x93,  sold 15.00 

89  ft  n  of  Van  Buren  st  ef  49.50x100,  sold 12.12 

N  E  cor  of  Van  Buren  st  wf  100x50,  sold 45.00 

S  W  cor  of  Van  Buren  st  ef  100x60,  sold 33.33 

S  W  cor  of  Van  Buren  st  ef  100x60,  sold 35.77 

300  ft  n  of  Taylor  st  ef  25x96,  sold 8.33 

DEARBORN  STREET. 

S  W  cor  of  South  Water  st  ef  50x43.50,  sold 54.00 

N  E  cor  of  Randolph  st  wf  71x60,  sold 52.82 

S  W  cor  of  Randolph  st  ef  90x20,  sold ,  105.00 

100  ft  s  of  Randolph  st  wf  80x120,   lease  basis. .  ..  46.87 

100  ft  n  of  Washington  st  wf  22x180,  lease  basis. .  68.20 

S  W  cor  of  Washington  st  ef  90x46.20,  sold 121.71 

100  ft  s  of  Washington  st  ef  40x100,  lease  basis. . .  57.50 

100  ft  n  of  Madison  st  wf  26.75x80,  val.  tax  com. .  61.93 

70  ft  n  of  Madison  st  wf  74.25x80,  val.  tax  com.  . .  66.53 

N  W  cor  of  Madison  st  ef  20x40,  sold 250.00 

S  W  cor  of  Madison  st  ef  92.50x50,  sold 54.00 

S  E  cor  of  Madison  st  wf  72x120,  lease  basis 57.87 

72  ft  s  of  Madison  st  wf  48x120,   lease  basis 29.16 

120  ft  s  of  Madison  st  wf  24x120,  lease  basis 29.16 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.  7 

DEARBORN  STREET — Continued. 

Value  pei 

Year.  Description.                                                               sq.  foot. 

1895.      144  ft  s  of  Madison  st  wf  48x120,  lease  basis $  32.98 

1895.      192  ft  s  of  Madison  st  wf  48x120,  lease  basis 32.46 

1895.     N  E  cor  of  Monroe  st  wf  104x120,  lease  basis 43.27 

1895.  N  E  cor  of  Adams  st  wf  198x166.20,  lease  basis.  . .  42.60 

1890.  N  E  cor  of  Jackson  blvd  wf  165x100,  lease  basis. .  60.00 

1893.      100  ft  s  of  Jackson  blvd  wf  75x70,  sold 54.66 

1890.     200  ft  s  of  Jackson  blvd  ef  74.40x60,  sold. 30.00 

1890.      150  ft  n  of  Van  Buren  stwf  74.40x60,  sold 35.21 

1893.  N  W  cor  of  Van  Buren  st  ef  100x16,  sold 84.38 

1894.  SW  cor  of  Van  Buren  st  ef  75x67,  sold 69.65 

1899.      325  ft  n  of  Harrison  st  ef  80x67,   sold 28.00 

1890.      25  ft  n  of  Harrison  st  wf  65x67,  sold 26.66 

1899.      160  ft  s  of  Harrison  st  wf  24x71,  sold 14.10 

1890.  420  ft  n  of  Polk  st  ef  20x71,  sold 20.28 

1892.      300  ft  n  of  Polk  st  wf  100x75,  sold 14.00 

1891.  200  ft  n  of  Polk  st  ef  40x71,  sold 82.50 

FIFTH  AVENUE. 

1891.      150  ft  s  of  Randolph  st  wf  34.40x80,  sold 21.25 

1898.  110  ft  n  of  Washington  st  wf  60.25x111,  sold 16.00 

1894.  S  W  cor  of  Washington  st  ef  40x100.50,  sold 50.00 

1895.  100  ft  n  of  Madison  st  wf  80x180,  lease  basis 15.28 

1891.  S  W.  cor  of  Madison  st  ef  48x100,  lease  basis.  ....  62.50 

1894.  S  E  cor  of  Madison  st  wf  110x46.50,  sold  fee 63.53 

1892.  N  W  cor  of  Monroe  st  ef  84x110,  lease  basis 21.50 

1891.  64  ft  n  of  Adams  st  wf  24x90.40,  sold 27.19 

1896.  S  E  cor  of  Adams  st  wf  90.50x68,   sold 53.14 

1896.      90  ft  s  of  Adams  st  wf  20x64,  sold..  ,, 35.16 

1892.  N  Ecor  of  Jackson  blvd  wf  110x115,  lease  basis.  .  37.93 
1892.      60  ft  s  of  Congress  st  ef  42x100,  val.  tax  com 15.24 

1895.  250  ft  n  of  Harrison  st  wf  100x94,  sold ... 14.90 

1892.      100  ft  n  of  Harrison  st  wf  25x94,  sold 17.44 

1899.  S  E  cor  of  Polk  st  wf  40x105,  sold.  .  4.76 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 
FRANKLIN  STREET. 

Value  per 
Description.  sq.  foot. 

70  ft  n  of  Madison  st  ef  54x81,  sold $  20.00 

19  ft  n  of  Madison  st  ef  51x81,  sold 27.00 

N  W  cor  of  Madison  st  ef  80x24,  val.  tax  com 46.86 

46  ft  s  of  Madison  st  ef  54x81,  sold 20.00 

N  W  cor  of  Monroe  st  ef  190x50,   sold 21.00 

N  W  cor  of  Jackson  blvd  ef  32x82.50,  sold 40.00 

140  ft  s  of  Jackson  blvd  ef  50x149,  sold 16.77 

200  ft  s  of  Jackson  blvd  ef  50x149  sold 15.00 

N  W  cor  of  Congress  st  ef  55x201,  sold 13.33 

S  W  cor  of  Congress  st  ef  221x340,  sold 8.50 

HARRISON  STREET. 

S  E  cor  of  Pacific  av  nf  100x100,  sold 15.00 

N  E  cor  of  Pacific  av  sf  105x139,  lease  basis 6.85 

S  W  cor  of  State  st  nf  110x50,  val.  tax  com 54.54 

N  E  cor  of  State  st  sf  138.50x100,  sold 41.00 

JACKSON  BOULEVARD. 

N  W  cor  of  Franklin  st  sf  32x82.50,   sold 40.00 

N  E  cor  of  Fifth  av  sf  115x110,  lease  basis 37.93 

N  E  cor  of  LaSalle  st  sf  186|xl78,   lease  basis  ....  53.50 

S  W  cor  of  Clark  st  nf  216x50,  sold 85.00 

S  E  cor  of  Clark  st  nf  103x49. 60,  sold .'.  52. 00 

N  E  cor  of  Dearborn  st  sf  100x165,  lease  basis 60.00 

S  W  cor  of  Wabash  av  nf  109x40,   sold 61.73 

N  W  cor  of  Michigan  av  sf  171x50,  lease  basis. .  . .  17.66 

S  W  cor  of  Michigan  av  nf  171x160,  sold 23.57 

S  W  cor  of  Michigan  av  nf  171x160,  sold 23.75 

LAKE  STREET. 

20  ft  w  of  Franklin  st  sf  40x90,  val.  tax  com 17.77 

85  ft  e  of  Franklin  st  nf  40x180,  val.  tax  com 13.75 

S  W  cor  of  LaSalle  st  nf  80x80,   sold 19.53 

125  ft  e  of  LaSalle  st  nf  30x80,  sold  fee 30.00 

S  E  cor  of  Clark  st  nf  80x40,  sold.  ,                       ...  50.00 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

LAKE  STREET — Continued. 

Value  per 

Year.  Description.  sq.  foot. 

1896.  100  ft  w  of  Dearborn  st  nf  20x180,  val.  tax  com.  .$  16.36 

1894.      150  ft  e  of  Dearborn  st  nf  40x180,  sold 10.40 

1890.     S  E  cor  of  State  st  nf  64.40x169.50,  sold 64.00 

1898.     S  E  cor  of  Wabash  av  nf  40x100,   sold 27.00 

1897.  S  W  cor  of  Wabash  av  nf  169x115,  lease  basis 17.50 

1890.  N  E  cor  of  Michigan  av  sf  130.20x88,  lease  basis. .  13.00 
1896.  S  E  cor  of  Michigan  av  nf  72x130,  val.  tax  com.  . .  17.27 

LA&ALLE  STREET. 

1889.  S  W  cor  of  Lake  st  ef  80x80,   sold 19. 53 

1891.  90  ft  s  of  Randolph  st  ef  22.50x80,   sold 43.00 

1893.      90  ft  s  of  Randolph  st  ef  22.50x80  sold 44.44 

1898.  S  W  cor  of  Washington  st  of  100x70,  sold  $  int.  . .  178.57 

1891.  195  ft  s  of  Washington  st  ef  78x120,  lease  basis.  . .  48.00 

1892.  195  ft  s  of  Washington  st  wf  29x101,  sold 36.66 

1892.  195  ft  s  of  Washington  st  wf  29x101,  sold 38.00 

1896.  N  E  cor  of  Madison  st  wf  101x80,   val.  tax  com.  . .  99.01 

1891.     S  E  cor  of  Madison  st  wf  135.20x66.74,  sold 70.00 

1896.  N  W.  cor  of  Monroe  st  ef  73x189,  val.  tax  com.  . .  70.00 

1893.  N  E  cor  of  Monroe  st  wf  50x80,  sold 80.00 

1896.  S  W.  cor  of  Monroe  st  ef  95x189,  val.  tax  com..  . .  76.00 

1898.     S  E  cor  of  Monroe  st  wf  50x110,  sold 100.00 

1896.  N  E  cor  of  Jackson  blvd  wf  178xl86|,  lease  basis..  53.50 

MADISON  STREET. 

1893.  SE  cor  of  Market  st  nf  65.50x110,  sold 24.55 

1894.  70  ft  e  of  Market  st  nf  24x90,  lease  basis 37.40 

1896.     150  ft  w  of  Franklin  st  nf  25x189.30,  sold 19.75 

1896.  N  W  cor  of  Franklin  st  sf  24x80,  val.  tax  com ....  46.86 

1891.     S  W  cor  of  Fifth  av  nf  48x100,  lease  basis 62.50 

1894.     SE  cor  of  Fifth  av  nf  46. 50x11  a,  sold  fee 63.53 

1894.      51  ft  w  of  LaSalle  st  nf  30x180,  sold 33. 33 

1890.  S  E  cor  of  LaSalle  st  nf  67.74x135.20,   sold 70.00 

1896.     N  E  cor  of  LaSalle  st  sf  80x101,  val.  tax  com 99.01 


HEAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

MADISON  STREET — Continued. 

Value  per 

Description.  Bq.  foot. 

100  ft  e  of  LaSalle  st  nf  35x100,  sold $  54.90 

101  ft  e  of  LaSalle  st  sf  50x180,  sold  fee 35.30 

N  W  cor  of  Clark  st  sf  80x20,  lease  basis 200.45 

50  ft  w  of  Dearborn  st  nf  45x100,  sold 55.00 

N  W  cor  of  Dearborn  st  sf  40x20,  sold 250.00 

S  W  cor  of  Dearborn  st  nf  50x92.50,  sold 54.00 

S  E  cor  of  Dearborn  st  nf  120x72,  lease  basis 57.87 

80  ft  e  of  Dearborn  st  sf  80x160.25,  lease  basis. .  . .  31.20 

135  ft  w  of  State  st  nf  81-50x192,  lease  basis 28.94 

80  ft  w  of  State  st  nf  40x48,  lease  basis 72.90 

S  W  cor  of  State  st  nf  80x48,  lease  basis 110.65 

N  W  cor  of  State  st  sf  105.50x66.50,  lease  basis.  . .  92.00 

N  E  cor  of  State  st  sf  150.60x53,  lease  basis 125.28 

N  W  cor  of  Wabash  av  sf  150x79,  val.  tax  com.  . .  56.52 

N  W  cor  of  Wabash  av  sf  150x79,  lease  basis 60.12 

S  W  cor  of  Michigan  av  nf  109.30x80,  lease  basis.  22.87 

N  W  cor  of  Michigan  av  sf  162x38,  lease  basis. .  . .  28.40 

MARKET  STREET. 

N  W  cor  of  Randolph  st  ef  90x78,  lease  basis 25.50 

S  W  cor  of  Washington  st  ef  190x60,  sold 12.82 

S  E  cor  of  Madison  st  wf  110x65. 50,  sold 24. 55 

150  ft  n  of  Monroe  st  wf  40x90,  lease  basis 22.22 

100  ft  n  of  Monroe  st  ef  99x271,  val.  tax  com . .  . .  12.00 

N  W  cor  of  Monroe  st  ef  100x141,  sold 14. 18 

130  ft  s  of  Monroe  st  wf  65x90,  sold 14.41 

200  ft  s  of  Monroe  st  wf  30x90,  sold 16. 11 

140  ft  s  of  Jackson  blvd  wf  50x149,  sold 16.77 

MICHIGAN  AVENUE. 

S  E  cor  of  So.  Water  st  wf  113.40x65  lease  basis. .  18.80 

24  ft  s  of  So.  Water  st  ef  24x131. 50,  sold 19.10 

135  ft  n  of  Lake  st  wf  30x130,  sold 12.25 

120  ft  n  of  Lake  st  ef  24x131,  sold . .  10. 00 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.         11 

MICHIGAN  AVENUE — Continued. 

Value  per 

Description.  sq.  foot. 

N  E  cor  of  Lake  st  wf  88x130.20,  lease  basis. $  13.00 

S  E  cor  of  Lake  st  wf  130x72,  val.  tax  com 17.27 

S  W  cor  of  Washington  st  ef  91x83,   sold 26.48 

N  W  cor.  of  Madison  st  ef  38x162,   lease  basis 28.40 

S  W  cor  of  Madison  st  ef  80x109.30,  lease  basis.  . .  22.87 

160  ft  s  of  Madison  st  ef  168x172,  lease  basis 17.44 

200  ft  s  of  Madison  st  ef  40x172,  sold 15.69 

68  ft  n  of  Monroe  st  ef  48x180,   sold 14.46 

N  W  cor  of  Monroe  st  ef  38x171,  lease  basis 15.40 

116  ft  s  of  Monroe  st  ef  40x171,  sold 11.70 

150  ft  s  of  Monroe  st  ef  40x171,  sold 14.62 

N  W  cor  of  Adams  st  ef  52x110,  lease  basis 24.48 

120  ft  s  of  Adams  st  ef  40x171,  sold 16.10- 

38  ft  n  of  Jackson  blvd  ef  105x171,  sold 11.14 

N  W  cor  of  Jackson  blvd  ef  50x171,  lease  basis.  . .  17.66 

S  W  cor  of  Jackson  blvd  ef  160x171,  sold 23. 57 

S  W  cor  of  Jackson  blvd  ef  160x171,  sold 23.75 

150  ft  s  of  Jackson  blvd  ef  53x171,  lease  basis 23.39 

118  ft  s  of  Congress  st  ef  38.50x172,  sold 23.25 

S  W  cor  of  Hubbard  ct  ef  24.50x155,  sold ,  15.16 

80  ft  s  of  Hubbard  ct  ef  50x173,  sold 14.45 

180  ft  s  of  Hubbard  ct  ef  30x173,  sold 14.45 

80  ft  s  of  Peck  ct  ef  40x180,  sold 8. 33 

120  ft  s  of  Peck  ct  ef  40x180,  sold 9.  OS 

S  E  cor  of  Park  Row  wf  200x100,   sold 25.00 

N  E  cor  of  12th  st  wf  200x100,  sold 25.00 

MONROE  STREET. 

N  W  cor  of  Market  st  sf  141x100,   sold 14. 18 

N  W  cor  of  Franklin  st  sf  50x191,  sold 21.00 

N  W  cor  of  Fifth  av  sf  110x84,  lease  basis 21.50 

N  W  cor  of  LaSalle  st  sf  189x73,  val.  tax  com 70.00 

S  W  cor  of  LaSalle  st  nf  95x189,  val.  tax  com 76.00 


12          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

MONROE  STREET — Continued. 

Value  pei- 
Year.                                                      Description.  sq.  foot. 

1893.      N  E  cor  of  LaSalle  st  sf  50x80,  sold $  80.00 

1898.  S  E  cor  of  LaSalle  st  nf  50x110,  sold 100.00 

1896.  50  e  of  LaSalle  st  nf  90x188,  val.  tax  com 37.24 

1893.     SW  cor  of  Clark  st  nf  90x80,  lease  basis 110.00 

1899.  90  ft  e  of  Clark  st  nf  45.25x190,  lease  basis 78.00 

1895.     N  E  cor  of  Dearborn  st  sf  120x104,  lease  basis. .  . .  43.27 

1895.     135  ft  e  of  Dearborn  st  sf  54.33x192,  lease  basis. .  34.88 

1895.     135  ft  w  of  State  st  sf  27x192,  lease  basis 31.83 

1895.     N  W  cor  of  State  st  sf  120x24,  lease  basis 83.33 

1897.  110  ft  e  of  State  st  sf  50x105,  val.  tax  com 37.92 

1890.     N  W  cor  of  Michigan  av  sf  171x38,  lease  basis. .  . .  15.40 

PACIFIC  AVENUE. 

1892.     S  E  cor  of  Jackson  blvd  wf  50x216,  sold 85.00 

1895.     N  W  cor  of  VanBuren  st  ef  175x157,  lease  basis.  . .  21.90 

1895.     200  ft  n  of  Harrison  st  wf  101x105,  lease  basis 3.77 

1895.  N  E  cor  of  Harrison  st  wf  139x105,  lease  basis 6.85 

1892.  S  E  cor  of  Harrison  st  wf  100x100,  sold 15.00 

1898.  150  ft  s  of  Harrison  st  wf  100x105,   sold 5.75 

1898.     50  ft  n  of  Polk  st  wf  50x105,   sold 4.20 

1896.  125  ft  s  of  Polk  st  wf  20x102,  sold 9.80 

PLYMOUTH  PLACE. 

1893.  100  ft  s  of  Jackson  blvd  wf  70x75,  sold 54. 66 

1898.     90  ft  n  of  VanBuren  st  wf  70x93,  sold 10.44 

1898.  S  E  cor  of  Polk  st  wf  75x100,  sold 25.33 

1896.      100  ft  s  of  Polk  st  ef  20x102,  sold 9.80 

1896.      300  ft  s  of  Polk  st  ef  20x100,  val.  tax  com 12.00 

POLK  STREET. 

1899.  S  E  cor  of  Fifth  av  nf  105x40,  sold 4.76 

1898.     S  E  cor  of  Plymouth  pi  nf  100x75,  sold 25. 33 

QUINCY  STREET. 

1892.     54  ft  w  of  LaSalle  st  sf  160x150,  sold 70.34 

1892.     S  W  cor  of  State  st  nf  100x42,  sold.  .  87.05 


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RANDOLPH  STREET. 

Value  per 
Description.  sq.  foot. 

X  W  cor  of  Market  st  sf  78x90,   lease  basis. $  25.50 

100  ft  w  of  LaSalle  st  nf  30x180,  sold 18. 52 

N  E  cor  of  Clark  st  sf  80x140,  sold 44.72 

30  ft  e  of  Clark  st  nf  50.30x80,   lease  basis 60.00 

80  ft  e  of  Clark  st  sf  80x80,  sold 46.87 

S  W  cor  of  Dearborn  st  nf  20x90,   sold 105.00 

N  E  cor  of  Dearborn  st  sf  60x71,  sold 52.82 

75  ft  e  of  Dearborn  st  nf  40x102,  sold 20.34 

N  E  cor  of  State  st  sf  113.40x24.50,  sold 64.00 

N  E  cor  of  State  st  sf  113.40x169.10,  sold 43.00 

50  ft  w  of  Wabash  av  nf  25x104,  sold 26. 15 

S  E  cor  of  Wabash  av  nf  83.30x48,  lease  basis   .  . .  48.10 

SHERMAN  STREET. 

N  E  cor  of  VanBuren  st  wf  175x157,  lease  basis.  . .  21.90 

200  ft  s  of  VanBuren  st  ef  26x106,  sold 10.88 

SOUTH  WATER  STREET. 

S  W  cor  of  Dearborn  st  nf  43.50x50,  sold 54.00 

Between  Dearborn  and  State  sts  sf  32x55,  sold. .  . .  38.30 

150  ft  w  of  State  st  sf  40x55,  sold 36.30 

N  E  cor  of  State  st  sf  113.40x65x25,  lease  basis.  ..  26.46 

70  ft  w  of  Wabash  av  nf  35x140,  sold 13.70 

120  ft  e  of  Wabash  av  sf  48x100,  sold 10.76 

S  E  cor  of  Michigan  av  nf  72.20x130,  sold 18.80 

STATE  STREET. 

N  E  cor  So.  Water  st  wf  25x65x113.40,  lease  basis.  26.46 

110  ft  n  of  Lake  st  ef  60x80,  val.  tax  com 28.12 

S  E  cor  of  Lake  st  wf  169.50x64.40,  sold 64.00 

S  W  cor  of  Couch  pi  ef  77x83,  sold 40.00 

153  ft  n  of  Randolph  st  wf  60x68,  sold 42.31 

N  E  coi  of  Randolph  st  wf  24.50x113.40,  sold 64.00 

N  E  cor  of  Randolph  st  wf  169.40x113.40,  sold.  . .  43.00 


14          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

STATE  STREET — Continued. 

Value  per 

Year.                                                      Description.  sq.  foot. 

1899.  N  W  cor  of  Washington  st  ef  95x91.50,  lease  basis. $109. 00 

1892.  S  E  cor  of  Washington  st  wf  100x90,  sold 111.11 

1893.  S  W  cor  of  Washington  st  ef  56x85,  sold 100.84 

1895.  180  ft  n  of  Madison  st  ef  64x143,  sold 78.00 

1899.  112  ft  n  of  Madison  st  ef  46x106,  lease  basis 269.60 

1890.  N  W  cor  Madison  st  ef  66.50x105.50,  lease  basis. .  92.00 

1898.  N  E  cor  of  Madison  st  wf  53x150.60,  lease  basis. . .  125.28 

1896.  S  E  cor  of  Madison  st  wf  100x143.50,  val.  tax  com.  73.18 

1895.  S  W  cor  of  Madison  st  ef  48x80,  lease  basis 110.65 

1895.  48  ft  s  of  Madison  st  ef  24x120,  lease  basis 55.55 

1895.  72  ft  s  of  Madison  st  ef  72x120,  lease  basis 53.24 

1895.  144  ft  s  of  Madison  st  ef  24x120,  lease  basis 52.08 

1895.  168  ft  s  of  Madison  st  ef  24x120,  lease  basis 59.03 

1899.  182  ft  s  of  Madison  st  wf  30x144,  sold 72.92 

1895.  168  ft  n  of  Monroe  st  ef  24x120,  lease  basis 57.28 

1894.  80  ft  n  of  Monroe  st  wf  26x83,  sold 97.30 

1895.  72  ft  n  of  Monroe  st  ef  96x120,  lease  basis 52.08 

1895.  48  ft  n  of  Monroe  st  ef  24x120,  lease  basis 55.55 

1895.  24  ft  n  of  Monroe  st  ef  24x120,  lease  basis 69.44 

1895.  N  W  cor  of  Monroe  st  ef  24x120,  lease  basis 83.33 

1895.  N  W  cor  of  Adams  st  ef  162.20x198,  lease  basis. . .  42.60 
1899.  80  ft  s  of  Adams  st  ef  20x100,  sold 68.00 

1896.  120  ft  s  of  Adams  st  wf  22.50x144,  lease  basis 74.00 

1892.  S  W  cor  of  Quincy  st  ef  42x100,  sold 87.00 

1892.  N  E  cor  of  VanBurn  st  wf  78x145,  lease  basis 53.50 

1893.  N  E  cor  of  Harrison  st  wf  100x138.50,  sold 41.00 

1896.  S  W  cor  of  Harrison  st  ef  50x110,  val.  tax  com. . .  54.54 

1896.  200  ft  s  of  Hubbard  ct  wf  40x138,  sold 15.50 

1899.  300  ft  n  of  Taylor  st  ef  20x100,  sold 8.32 

1892.  160  ft  s  of  Harmon  ct  wf  40x138,  sold 9.06 

VAN  BUREN  STREET. 

1897.  S  E  cor  of  Market  st  nf  176x90,  sold 15.78 

1891.  125  ft  e  of  Franklin  st  nf  40x105,  lease  basis 19.05 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.         15 

VAN  BUREN  STREET — Continued. 

Value  per 
Description.  sq.  foot. 

120  ft  w  of  Fifth  av  nf  20x105,  lease  basis $  14.42 

50  ft  w  of  Sherman  st  nf  22.50x160,   sold 15.02 

N  E  cor  of  Sherman  st  sf  157x175,  lease  basis 21.90 

N  W  cor  of  Pacific  av  sf  157x175,  lease  basis 21.90 

N  E  cor  of  Clark  st  sf  100x50,  lease  basis 36.25 

S  W  cor  of  Custom  House  pi  nf  60x100,  sold 33.33 

S  W  cor  of  Custom  House  pi  nf  60x100,  sold 35.77 

N  E  cor  of  Custom  House  pi  sf  50x100,   sold 45.00 

N  W  cor  of  Dearborn  st  sf  16x100,  sold 84.38 

S  W  cor  of  Dearborn  st  nf  75x167,   sold 69.65 

N  E  cor  of  State  st  sf  145x78,  lease  basis 53.50 

WABASH  AVENUE. 

S  W  cor  of  Lake  st  ef  169x115,  lease  basis 17.50 

S  E  cor  of  Lake  st  wf  100x40,  sold 27.00 

•  N  W  cor  of  Randolph  st  ef  138x169,  sold 21.50 

S  E  cor  of  Randolph  st  wf  48x83,  lease  basis 48.10 

120  ft  n  of  Washington  st  ef  72x150,  sold 32.30 

N  W  cor  of  Washington  st  ef  30x108.50,  sold 59.41 

N  W  cor  of  Madison  st  ef  79x150,  val.  tax  com.  . .  56.52 

N  W  cor  of  Madison  st  ef  79x150,  lease  basis 60.12 

100  ft  s  of  Monroe  st  ef  35x174,  lease  basis 34.48 

125  ft  s  of  Adams  st  ef  34x172,  lease  basis 28.36 

159  ft  s  of  Adams  st  ef  34x172,  val.  tax  com 27.90 

S  W  cor  of  Jackson  blvd  ef  40x109,  sold 61.73 

180  ft  s  of  Jackson  blvd  ef  40x109,  sold 31.50 

100  ft  s  of  VanBuren  st  wf  33.50x171,  sold 14.84 

150  ft  s  of  Congress  st  ef  48x165,  val.  tax  com. .  . .  21.69 

110  ft  s  of  Harrison  st  wf  40x171,  sold 11.61 

75  ft  n  of  Peck  ct  wf  78x173,  sold 9.75 

WASHINGTON  STREET. 

S  W  cor  of  Market  st  nf  60x190,   sold 12. 82 

80  ft  e  of  Market  st  sf  20x180,  val.  tax  com 11.11 


16  REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

WASHINGTON  STREET — Continued. 

Value  per 

Year.  Description.  BQ.  foot. 

1896.  40  ft  e  of  Franklin  st  sf  20.25x90,  val.  tax  com.  .  .$  27.77 

1894.     S  W  cor  of  Fifth  av  nf  40x100.50,  sold 50.00 

1899.     160  ft  w  of  LaSalle  st  nf  40x180,  sold 51. 38 

1898.  S  W  cor  of  LaSalle  st  nf  70x100,  sold 178.57 

1896.     90  ft  e  of  LaSalle  st  nf  100x180,   val.  tax  com 35.00 

1891.     N  E  cor  of  Clark  st  sf  80x100,  bid 100.00 

1891.  75  ft  e  of  Clark  st  nf  60x182,  sold 48.00 

1892.  100  ft  e  of  Clark  st  sf  40x80,   sold 68.00 

1896.  150  ft  e  of  Clark  st  nf  57x182.50,   val.  tax  com.  . .  43.26 

1892.  S  W  cor  of  Dearborn  st  nf  40.20x90,  sold 121.71 

1899.  N  W  cor  of  State  st  sf  95x91.50,  lease  basis 109.00 

1893.  S  W  cor  of  State  st  nf  85x56,  sold 100.84 

1892.     S  E  cor  of  State  st  nf  100x90,  sold 111.11 

1890.  100  ft  e  of  State  st  nf  50x110,  sold 45. 4fi 

1899.     West  of  Wabash  av  sf  24x121,  sold 78.70 

1891.  N  W  cor  of  Wabash  av  sf  108.50x30,  sold 59.46 

1894.  81  ft  e  of  Wabash  av  nf  81.50x120,  sold 22.50 

1894.     83  ft  w  of  Michigan  av  nf  26x91,  sold 25. 64 

1899.     S  W  cor  of  Michigan  av  nf  83x91,  sold 26.48 


RENTAL  VALUES  OF  THE  BUSINESS  CENTER  OF  CHICAGO, 
1890  TO  1899  INCLUSIVE. 

ADAMS  STREET. 

Year.  Description.  Term.       Per  Aimum 

1894.  No.  52,  store . . 3  years.  1$  3,000 

1890.  No.  62,  store Term.  1, 800 

1898.     Nos.  60-62,  double  store . . 5  years.  6,000 

1898.  Nos.  66-68,  double  store.. 3  years.  6,000 

1895.  No.  72,  store  and  basement..  ..........    3  years.  4,000 

1899.  No.  103,  store . .  . 5  years.  5,000 

1891.  No.  133,   store . .    Term.  3,000 

1899.     No.  156,   store Term.  1,800 

1890.  No.  174,   store 2  years.  2,000 

1891.  Nos.  195-197,  5-story  building 5  years.  16,000 

CLAKK  STREET. 

Nos.  50-52-54,  stores 5  years.  2,700 

No.  99,   store Term.  3,000 

No.  107,  store Term.  3,000 

No.  109,  store  . .  . 3  years.  2,000 

No.  113,  store  and  basement Term.  4,500 

No.  115,  store  and  basement Term.  2,400 

No.  125,  store 3  years.  4,500 

No.  128,  store Term.  4,000 

Lot  20  ft  n  of  Madison  st  ef  20x80 .....  99  years.  7,080 

£  \/r  j-              e  n^  OH        f      6  years.  13,500 
Lot  nv7  cor  of  Madison  st  ef  20x80 .  .    •{    no  J 

(    93  years.  16,200* 

No.  146,  store  and  basement 1  year.  3,600*- 

No.  146,  store  and  basement 6  years.  5,000> 

No.  148,  store  and  basement 6  years.  5,000* 

No.  167,  basement 5  years.  1,000> 

No.  167,   store 5  years.  5,000 

No.  168,  store 4  years.  4,250 


18          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

CLARK  STREET — Continued. 

Fear.                                                      Description.                                         Term.  Per  Annum 

1899.     No.  170,  store 3  years.  $  4,500 

j      1  year.  31,000 

1893.  Lot  sw  cor  of  Monroe  st  ef  80x90 ..          5  years.  33,000 

(    89  years.  40,000 

1898.  No.  186,  store Term.  3,000 

1899.  No.  186^,  store 3  years.  3,000 

1899.     No.  191,  store 1  year.  5,000 

1899.     No.  193,  store 1  year.  5,000 

1898.     No.  198,  store Term.  2,500 

1891.     No.  228,  store Term.  3,300 

1894.  No.  249,  store  and  basement 5  years.  5,400 

1898.  Nos.  255-257,  double  store Term.  3,000 

1895.  No.  260,  store Term.  3,600 

1899.  No.  265,  store  and  basement 3  years.  1,500 

1899.     No.  267,  store  and  basement 3  years.  2,000 

1899.     No.  269,  store  and  basement 3  years.  1,800 

1894.     No.  277,   store Term.  3,600 

1893.     Nos.  277-279,  5-story  building.    8  years.  18,125 

1891.     No.  307,  store 3  years.  2,533 

1893.     Lot  se  cor  of  Harrison  st  wf  100x100.  . .  96  years.  15,000 

CONGRESS  STREET. 

No.  38,  store 3  years.  1, 200 

No.  46,  store Term.  1,550 

DEARBORN  STREET. 

No.  48,  store  and  basement 4  years.  2,000 

No.  52,  store  and  basement Term.  2,400 

Lot  100  ft  s  of  Randolph  st  wf  80x120 . .  99  years.  18,000 

1891.     Lot  100  ft  n  Washington  st  wf  20x80    J    J  years'  ^(. 

\    92  years.  6,000 

1898.     No.  97,  store. 3  years.  2,400 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.  19 

DEARBORN  STREET — Continued. 

Description.  Term       Per  Annum 

Lot  sw  cor  of  Calhoun  pi  ef  95x80 99  years.   $28,000 

{1  year.  23,000 

1  year.  24,000 

1  year.  25,000 

1  year.  26,000 

95  years.  27,000 

*Lot  se  cor  of  Madison  st  wf  72x120 90  years.  30,000 

*Lot  72  ft  s  of  Madison  st  wf  48x120. .  .90  years.  10,080 

*Lot  120  ft  s  of  Madison  st  wf  24x120 .  .90  years.  5,040 

*Lot  144  ft  s  of  Madison  st  wf  48x120 . .  90  years.  11,400 

*Lot  192  ft  s  of  Madison  st  wf  48x120.  .90  years.  11,220 

*Lot  104  ft  n  of  Monroe  st  wf  24x120.  .90  years.  7,980 

*Lot  ne  cor  of  Monroe  st  wf  104x120. .  .90  years.  32,400 

*Lot  nw  cor  of  Monroe  st  ef  95x191 ....  36  years.  29,700 

No.  152,  store 3  years.  3,333 

No.  267,  store Term.  2,400 

No.  269,  store  and  basement 5  years.  3,000 

Lot  100  ft  n  of  VanBuren  st  wf  50x70 . .   Term.  7,500 

No.  281,  store 2  years.  2,400 

No.  285,  store 3  years.  1,500 

No.  332,  store Term.  3,000 

No.  340,  store 3  years.  2,000 

No.  342,  store 3  years.  2,000 

FIFTH  AVENUE. 

1895.  fLot  100  ft  n  Madison  st  wf  80x180.    \      6K  yea1'8'  [J» J 

(    85  years.  14,400 

1891.     Lot  sw  cor  ot  Madison  st  ef  100x48.    \    0?  vears'  [^ 

(    94  years.  16,000 

1898.  No.  148,  building Term.  3,800 

1899.  No.  165,  store 1  year.  1,500 

1891.     Nos.  190-192,  6-story  building 5  years.  7,500 

1898.     Nos.  191-193,  stores  and  basements Term.  2,500 

1896.  Nos.  238-240,  8-story  building 5  years.     15,000 

1898.     Nos.  262  to  268,  stores  and  basements..    6  years.  5,833 

*  School  fund  property,  revaluation  clause. 
t  School  fund  property,  no  revaluation. 


20       REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  ANUHISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

FRANKLIN  STREET. 

Year.  Description.  Term.       Per  Annum 

1898.  No.  123,  store  and  basement Term.  $  2,400 

1895.  Lot  46ft  s  of  Madison  st  ef  54x81 99  years.  5,000 

1891.  Nos.  128-130,   stores 2  years.  3,000 

1899.  No.  148,  store  and  basement Term.  1,200 

1899.  Nos.  156  to  166,  7-story  building Term.  12,000 

1899.  Nos.  234  to ,  T-story  building 3  years.  12,000 

1898.  Nos.  244  to ,  7-story  building 5  years.  27,000 

HARRISON  STREET. 

1895.  Nos.  65  to  69,  3-story  building 5  years.  12,000 

1894.     No.  71,  store. 3  years.  1,200 

1893.     Lot  se  cor  of  Clark  st  nf  100x100 96  years.  15,000 

JACKSON  BOULEVARD. 

1897.  Lot  se  cor  of  Wabash  av  nf  90x48 Term. 

1898.  Nos.  40-42,  stores 8  years. 

1890.  Nos.  45-47,  stores.*  •. 5  years. 

(    10  years. 

1896,  Lot  ne  cor, LaSalle  st  sf  178x186.75.    •/    20  years. 

(    69  years. 

1891.  No.  151,  store 4  years. 

1891.     No.  153,  store 4  years. 

1896.  Nos.  191-193,  8-story  building 5  years. 

1898.     Nos.  199  to  203,  building 5  years. 

1898.  Nos.  222  to  228,  7-story  building 5  years. 

1899.  No.  236,  store 5  years. 

1898.     Nos.  255  to  265,  7-story  building 5  years. 

LAKE  STREET. 

1893.  Nos.  10  to  14,  5-story  building. 20  years.  11,500 

1897.  Lot  sw  cor  of  Wabash  av  nf  115x169.  . .  Term.  20,400 
1890.  No.  46,  store. . 3  years.  3,000 

1898.  Nos.  53-55,  stores  and  basements Term.  5,000 

1899.  No,  57,  store.. Term.  1,600 

1898.  No.  105,  4-story  building 5  years.  3,400 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.  21 

LAKE  STREET — Continued. 

Year.                                                         Description.                                           Term.  Per  Annum 

1891.     No.  115,  4-story  building..  .-.- 5  years.  $  4,000 

1898.     No.  148,  4-story  building 4  years.  2,100 

1898.  No.  204,  3-story  building 3  years.  2,966 

1891.     No.  230,  store  and  basement.  . .  . Term.  1,200 

LASALLE  STREET. 

1890.     No.  42,  store.. . : :  . :  : ; 5  years.  2,600 

1899.  Nos.  119-121,  9-story  building 99  years.  10,000 

1898.  Nos,  133-135,  store 3  years.  6,333 

1894.     No.  147,  store.  .  ." Term.  2,000 

1894.  No.  194,  store. Term.  4,000 

1895.  No.  196,  store. Term.  2,700 

1899.  No.  206,  store. Term.  2,400 

(  10  years.  70,000 

1896.  Lot  ne  cor  Jackson  blvd  wf  186.75x178  1  20  years.  80,000 

(  69  years.  90,000 

MADISON  STREET. 

(•  14  years.  6,650 

1896.     Lot  nw  cor  Michigan  av  sf  162x38.  . .    -!  15  years.  7,600 

(  15  years.  11,400 

1899.     Let  nw  cor  of  Wabash  av  sf  150x79 99  years.  28,500 

1898.     No.  40,  store  and  basement Term.  6,300 

1898.     Nos.  51  to  61,  6-story  building Term.  47,000 

1890.     Lot  nw  cor  of  State  st  sf  105.50x66. 50.. 99  years.  35,000 

1893.     Nos.  65  to  75,  double  store  and  basement.  10  years.  50,000 

1895.     *Lots  sw  cor  of  State  st  nf  80x48 90  years.  25.500 

1895.     *Lots  80  ft  w  of  State  st  nf  40x43 90  years.  8,400 

1895.     *Lots  135  ft  w  of  State  st  nf  81.50x192.90  years.  27,000 

1895.     *Lots  164  ft  e  of  Dearborn  st  sf  66x56.  .90  years.  2,400 

1895.     *Lots  80  ft  e  of  Dearborn  st  sf  84x56.  .  .90  years.  2,640 

1895.     *Lots  se  cor  of  Dearborn  st  nf  120x72.  .90  years.  30,000 


*  School  fund  property ;  revaluation  clause. 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

MADISON  STREET — Continued. 

Description.  Term.       Per  Annum 

No.  85,  store Term.       $  4,600 

1  year.       23,000 
1  year.       24,000 


Lot  sw  cor  Dearborn  st  nf  50x92.50. . 


1  year.       25,000 


1  year.  26,000 

5  years.  27,000 

No.  108,  4-story  building.    ...........  10  years.  9,000 

No.  115,  store  ......................   3  years.  3,000 

£  OA  on            (6  years.  13,500 

Lot  nw  cor  of  Clark  st  sf  80x20  ....    j    9g  ^  16;20Q 


No.  157,  store  .......................    3  years.  6,333 

No.  165,  store  ..................  .....   Term.  3,000 

No.  167,  store  .......................   5  years.  3,600 

No.  169,  store  ...................  ,  .  .  .   Term.  3,000 

No.  173,  store  .............    .........   Term.  3,000 

Nos.  178-180,  two  stores  ..............    2  years.  7,000 

No.  183,  store  .......................    5  years.  4,200 

No.  184,  store  .......................   Term.  4,000 

.  -nv,,,                                    (      5  years.  12,500 

Lot  sw  cor  of  Fifth  avnf  48x100...    j    94  *ears  15;ooo 

Nos.  207-209,  6-story  building  .........    5  years.  8,500 

No.  217,   store  ......................   Term.  1,800 

Lot  ne  cor  of  Market  st  sf  135x180  .....  10  years.  10,000 

MARKET  STREET. 

Lot  nw  cor  of  Randolph  st  ef  90x78  ____  99  years.  9,000 

Lot  ne  cor  of  Madison  st  wf  180x135  ____  10  years.  10,000 

Nos.  117  to  123,  stores  ........  .  ......    5  years.  2,400 

No.  156,  store  .......................   Term.  1,000 

Nos.  165-167,  stores  .................    3  years.  4,500 

Nos.  204  to  208,  7-story  building  ......    5  years.  23,200 

Nos.  234  to  240,  stores  ...............   Term.  15,000 

Nos.  237-239,  6-story  building  .........  10  years.  14,000 

Nos.  252-254,  stores.  .....  ...........    5  years.  3,000 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.      23 
MICHIGAN  AVENUE. 

Year.  Description.  Term.       Per  Annum 

1898.     No.  85,  4-story  building  ..............    5  years.   $  3,000 

1898.  Lot  sw  cor  of  Washington  st  ef  91x83.  .10  years.        4,800 

{14  years. 
15  years. 
15  years. 

1888.     Lot  and  building  nw  cor  of  Monroe  st  ef 

38x171  ............................  99  years. 

1890.  Lot  160  ft  s  of  Monroe  st  ef  40x171  ____  99  years. 

MONROE  STREET. 
1888.     Lot  and  building  nw  cor  of  Michigan  av 

sf  171x38  ......................  ,  .  .  99  years. 

1895.     *Lot  nw  cor  of  State  st  sf  120x24  ......  90  years. 

1895.     *Lot  135  ft  w  of  State  st  sf  27x192  .....  90  years. 

C    10  years. 

JJj  years' 
iu  years. 

60  years. 

1895.  *Lots  ne  cor  of  Dearborn  st  sf  120x104..  90  years. 

1895.  *Lots  nw  cor  of  Dearborn  st  sf  92x95.  .  .  36  years. 
1894.  No  85,  store  ........................    2  years. 

1891.  No.  154,  store  .....................    5  years. 

1891.  No.  175,  store  ......................   Term. 

1899.  No.  177,  store  and  basement  ...........    Term. 

1896.  No.  181,  store  ........  ...............   Term. 

{1  year. 
5  years. 
89  years. 

1898.  No.  188,  store  ...........  .  ...........    5  years. 

1897.  Nos.  203-205,  5-story  building  .........    5  years. 

1899.  Nos.  229-231,  7-story  building  ........   Term. 

PLYMOUTH  PLACE. 

1898.  Lot  90  ft  n  of  VanBuren  st  wf  70x93.  .  .  84  years. 

1899.  No.  27,  store  ........................    3  years. 

*  School  fund  property;  revaluation  clause. 


1895.     Lots  135  ft  e  Dearborn  st  sf  34x192. 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 
QUINCY  STREET. 

Description.                                           Term.  Per  Annum 

Nos.  I  to  11,  5-story  building .  .  .10  years.  $26,250 

Lots,  being  Nos.  17  to  21,  60x83 99  years.  12,000 

RANDOLPH  STREET. 

No,  44,  store  and  basement 3  years.  3,400 

No.  44,  basement 3  years.  1, 000 

No.  85,  store. ,  , .  . .    Term.  1,800 

Lot  40  ft  w  of  Dearborn  st  nf  40x100.  . .  99  years.  8,000 

,   ,.,         P  ,^,     .                                     I      5  years.  10.000 
Lot  31  ft  e  of  Clark  st  nt  50x80 ....    •{    n ,  J 

}    94  years.  12,000 

No.  149,  theatre 10  years.  18,000 

Lot  nw  cor  of  Market  st  sf  78x90 99  years.  9,000 

.    SOUTH  WATER  STREET. 

Nos.  34-36,  4-story  building 5  years.  4,750 

Nos,  38-40,  4- story  building 5  years.  5,000 

No.  87,  3-story  building 5  years.  5,000 

No.  117,  4-story  building Term.  3,600 

No.  125,  store Term.  2,400 

No.  170,  store  and  basement 1  year.  2,000 

No.  225,  4-story  building Term.  3,300 

No.  227,  4-story  building Term.  3,300 

Nos.  254-256,  4-story  building 3  years.  5,000 

STATE  STREET. 

No.  56,  store  and  basement 5  years.  6,500 

No.  58,   store.. 3  years.  3,000 

(     5  years.  57,500 

1893.     Lot  nw  cor  Washington  stef  91.50x95  •]     5  years.  65,000 

(  89  years.  75,000 
1895.:     Lot  and  building  150  ft  s  of  Washington 

st  wf  48x150 99  years. 

1899.     Nos.  118-120,  store  46x106 .10  years. 

1890.      Lot  nw  cor  Madison  st  ef  66.50x105.50.99  years. 
1893.     Nos.  126  to  130,  store  and  basement. .  .  .10  years. 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.  25 

STATE  STREET — Continued. 

Year.                                                      Description.                                         Term.  Per  Annum 

1899.  Nos.  126  to  130,   basement 4  years.  $  6,000 

1898.  Nos.  127-129,  6-story  building 5  years.  47,000 

1895.  *Lots  sw  cor  of  Madison  st  ef  48x80  ....  90  years.  25,500 

1895.  *Lot  48  ft  s  of  Madison  st  ef  24x120 90  years.  9,600 

1895.  *Lots  72  ft  s  of  Madison  st  ef  72x120.  . .  90  years.  27,000 

1895.  *Lot  144  ft  s  of  Madison  st  ef  24x120.  .  .90  years.  9,000 

1895.  *Lot  168  ft  s  of  Madison  st  ef  24x120.  . .  90  years.  10,200 

1895.  *Lot  168  ft  n  of  Monroe  st  ef  24x120.  . .  90  years.  9,900 

1895.  *Lot  144  ft  n  of  Monroe  st  ef  24x120.  . .  90  years.  9,000 

1895.  *Lot  120  ft  n  of  Monroe  stef  24x120.  ..90  years.  9,000 

1895.  *Lot  96  ft  n  of  Monroe  st  ef  24x120 90  years.  9,000 

1895.  *Lot  72  ft  n  of  Monroe  st  ef  24x120 90  years.  9,000 

1895.  *Lot  48  ft  n  of  Monroe  st  ef  24x120.  ...  90  years.  9,600 

1895.  *Lot  24  ft  n  of  Monroe  st  ef  24x120 90  years.  12,000 

1895.  *Lot  nw  cor  of  Monroe  st  ef  24x120. .  .  .90  years.  14,400 

1898.  No.  138,  store ....:.....     Term.  7,000 

1897.  No.  145,  5-story  building 15  years.  18,000 

1894.  Nos.  150-152,  4-story  building 15  years.  17,500 

1891.  No.  157,  4-story  building Term.  10,500 

1891.  No.  160,  store 5  years.  12,000 

1891.  No.  167,  basement 2  years.  2,160 

1890.  .No.  180,  store Term.  14,000 

1899.  No.  182,  store  and  basement 5  years.  12,000 

1897.  No.  195,  store  and  basement. Term.  12,000 

1898.  No.  204,  store ;....    Term.  5,400 

1891.  No.  210,  store 3  years.  6,000 

1894.  No.  210,  store Term.  7,000 

1898.  Lot  100  ft  s  of  Adams  st  wf  20x144. .  .  .99  years.  8,000 

1895.  Nos.  212-214,  5-story  building 10  years.  26,250 

21,000 

25,000 


1891.     Nos.  221-223,  5-story  building..  J    10  years. 

(    14  years. 


*  School  fund  property;  revaluation  clause. 


26  REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

STATE  STREET — Continued. 

Year.  Description.                                         Term.  Per  Annum 

1890.  No.  223,  store  and  basement ,  Term.  $  6,500 

1894.     No.  224,  store  and  basement 3  years.       4,000 

1899.     No.  226,  store Term.  4,200 

1896.  No.  235,   store Term.  4,500 

1891.  No.  238,  3-story  building 5  years.  6,000 

1899.      No.  238,  3-story  building Term.  4,500 

1897.  Nos.  246-248,  4-story  building Term.  10,000 

1898.  No.  254,  store. 5  years.  4,000 

1898.  No.  256,  store  and  basement Term.  4,000 

1891.     No.  258,  3-story  building 3  years.  5,500 

1899.  No.  260,  store  and  basement Term.  4,800 

1891.     No.  272,  store  and  basement 3  years.  4,500 

1899.     No.  274,  store  and  basement 5  years.  4,500 

1894.     No.  276,  store  and  basement 5  years.  7,000 

1891.  Lot  ne  cor  of  VanBurenstwf  78x145   \  *  years'  ^'^ 

(    94  years.  30,000 

1891.     No  280,  store 5  years.  2,500 

1891.     No.  282,  store  and  basement Term.  6,000 

1894.     Nos.  282-284,   stores 5  years.  8,700 

1896.     No.  286,   store Term.  4,000 

1894.     No.  290,  store  and  basement 5  years.  6,000 

1891.     Nos.  292-294,  4-story  building 5  years.  10,000 

1891.     No.  294,  store  and  basement 3  years.  3,000 

1894.  No.  298,   store Term.  3,600 

1891.     No.  304,   store Term.  3, 800 

1899.     No.  312,   store Term.  3,300 

1899.     No.  314,  3-story  building 3  years.  7,000 

1891.     No.  314,  store  and  basement Term.  3,800 

1895.  No.  318,   store Term.  3,000 

1894.     No.  320,  store  and  basement. . .    3  years.  4,000 

1891.     No.  338,  3-story  building 5  years.  6,000 

1899.     No.  338,  3-story  building Term.  4,500 

1891.     Nos.  340-342,  2  basements 5  years.  2,000 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.          27 

STATE  STREET — Continued. 

Description.  Term.       Per  Annum 

Nos.  340-342,  2  stores Term.  $  4,000 

No.  346,  store  and  basement 3  years.  4,000- 

No.  346,  store  and  basement 3  years.  3,600 

Nos.  848-350,  3-story  building 8  years.  10,000 

No.  348,  store Term.  3,600 

Nos.  352-854,  3-story  building 5  years.  12,000 

No.  358,  store Term.  4,500 

No.  409,  store 3  years.  1,200 

VANBUREN  STREET. 

(      5  years.  25,000- 

Lot  ne  cor  of  State  st  sf  145x78 ....    |   ^  ^  ^QQ(> 

Nos.  74-76,  2  stores 5  years.  8,500 

Nos.  75-77,  2  stores 3  years.  4,500 

No.  78,  store 3  years.  2,000 

No.  89,   store 8  years.  1,800 

No.  95,  store 3  years.  2,400 

No.  97£,  L-shaped  store 1  year.  2,500 

No.  97-|,  L-shaped  store 3  years.  2,000 

No.  103,  store Term.  2,400 

No.  104,  store Term.  1,800 

Nos.  105  to  115,  5-story  building 8  years.  18,125 

No.  107,  store 3  years.  1,333 

Lot  and  bldg.  se  cor  Pacific  av  nf  100x100. 99  years.  30, 000 

(  2  years.  2,500 

2  years.  3,000 

Lot  125  ft  e  of  Franklin  st  nf  40x105 .  -(  2  years.  8,500 

2  years.  4,000 

[91  years.  4,800 

No.  220,  4-story  building 99  years.  3,000 

Nos.  277-279,  5-story  building 8  years.  18,125 

WABASH  AVENUE. 

Lot  sw  cor  of  Lake  st  ef  115x169 Term.  20,400 

Nos.  56-58,  2  stores 5  years.  3,200 


28          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

WABASH  AVENUE — Continued. 

Year.                                                      Description.                                         Term.  Per  Annum 

1898.  No.  71,  store.. 3  years.  $  2,000 

1894.  Nos.  88  to  94,  5-story  building Term.  36,000 

1899.  Lot  nw  cor  of  Madison  st  ef  79x150. .  .  .99  years.  28,500 
1898.  Nos.  122-124,  5-story  building Term.  47,000 

1893.  Nos.  126  to  132,  4-story  building.. 8  years.  40,000 

1894.  No.  139,  store Term.  3,500 

1898.  No.  144,  store Term.  3,000 

1891.  No.  164,  store Term.  5,000 

1898.  Lot  100  ft  s  of  Monroe  st  ef  35x174 ....  80  years.  10,500 

1890.  No.  173,  store Term.  2,400 

1891.  No.  177,  store  and  basement Term.  3,000 

1894.  No.  178,  store. 2  years.  5,000 

1890.  No.  179,  store ....;... . Term.  2,400 

1898.  Lot  80  ft  s  of  Adams  st  ef  46x171 99  years.  12,000 

1891.  Lot  125  ft  s  of  Adams  stef  34x171..    \    0?  years' 

{    94  years.  10,000 

1898.  Nos.  227-229,  4-story  building 5  years.  15,000 

1892.  Lot  se  cor  of  Jackson  blvd  wf  48x90. .  . .   Term.  10,000 

1894.  Nos.  258-260,  5-story  building 5  years.  14,000 

1894.  No.  261,  store  and  basement 4  years.  6,000 

1898.  No.  268,  store 2  years.  2,400 

1891,  Nos.  280-282,  2  stores.  . , , 5  years.  6,000 

1890.  No.  284,  store 3  years.  2,000 

1890.  No.  285,   store Term.  1,800 

1891.  Nos.  292-294,  2  stores Term.  5,500 

1891.  No.  292,  basement Term.  1,200 

1898.  Nos.  315-317,  2  stores  and  basements.  . .    3  years.  4,050 

1898.  No.  319,  store  and  basement 5  years.  1,600 

1894.  No,  367,  store  and  basement- 3  years.  2,100 

WASHINGTON  STREET. 

1898.  Lot  sw  cor  of  Michigan  av  nf  83x91 ....  10  years.  4,800 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.  29 

4 

WASHINGTON  STREET — Continued. 

Year.  Description.  Term,       Per  Annum 

1891.  No.  36,  store  and  basement. . 2  years.   $  4,000 

(    5  years.      57,500 

1893.     Lot  nw  cor  of  State  st  sf  95x91.50.  ..<     5  years.     65.000 

(  89  years.     75,000 

1898.     No.  88,  store..  . 3  years.        2,400 

1895.     Lot  160  ft  w  of  LaSalle  st  nf  40x180.  .  .99  years.      15,000 

1892.  No.  182,  store  and  basement 5  years.        3,400 


REAL  ESTATE  BELONGING  TO  THE  SCHOOL  FUND  OF  CHICAGO, 

With  Appraisal  Values  of  the  School  Board  for  1895. 

This  property  is  mostly  rented  until  May  8,  1985,  subject  to  a 
revaluation  every  ten  years  at  six  per  cent,  on  the  appraisal  value. 

OKIGINAL  TOWN. 

Block.      Lot.  Description.  Value  for  1895 

50         9         150x56 ..$84,000 

55         6         80x180 220,000 

58         6         80x160.25 400,000 

SCHOOL  SECTION  16. 

1         1         204.50x180 183,333 

1         2  to  9  inclusive,  200x100 180,000 

1       10         20x150 13,000 

1       11  to  15  inclusive,  125x150 )     1  .  ^  nnn 

1       16  to  20  inclusive,  136.50x100 '. .  . .  f 

1       21         Board  of  educacion 117,000 

1       52         100x80 34,000 

8       52         50x160 40,000 

113         8  and  11,   101x105 40,000 

113       10         50x105 50,000 

113       14  and  north  10  feet  of  17,  60x105 24,268 

113       16         50x150 

113  South  39  feet  of  17,  20  and  23,  139x105. . .  100,000 

113   21  and  22,  100x105 

119        Part  of  Lots  5  and  6,  95x192 480,000 

142        Ef  of  1  and  2,  48x80 425,000 

142        W£  of  1  and  2,  40x48 140,000 

142    3    24x120 160,000 

142    4,  5  and  6,  72x120 450,000 

142    7    24x120 150,000 

142    8    24x120 170,000 

142    9,  10  and  11,  81.50x192 450,000 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.          31 

SCHOOL  SECTION  16 — Continued. 

Lot.  Description.  Value  for  1885 

12,  13  and  14,  72x120 1500,000 

15  and  17,  48x120 168,000 

16  24x120 84,000 

18  and  19,  48x120 190,000 

20  and  21,  48x120 187,000 

22  and  north  16  feet  of  23,  40x120  . 133,000 

S  8  ft  of  23  and  24  to  27  inclusive,  104x120.  540,000 

28  and  29,  54.33x192 230,000 

30  27x192 110,000 

31  24x120 165,000 

32  to  35  inclusive,  96x120 •  .  .  r 600,000 

36  24x120 160,000 

37  24x120 200,000 

38  24x120 240,000 

BRONSON'S  ADDITION — SECTION  15. 

S  264  ft  of  Lot  207,  264x181.50 820,000 

2  Part  of  sub-lots  3  &  4  of  lots  7  &  10,  20x83.    120,000 

RUSSELL,  MATHER  &  ROBERTS'  ADDITION 

in  S  E£  frac.  Sec.  21,  Town  39,  Range  14. 

26         8,  9,  12  and  13,  200x124 42,500 

60  Ni  of  lot  14,  20x150 , 3,500 

H.  W.  THOMPSON'S  SUBDIVISION 

of  W^  N  Ei,  Sec.  1,  Town  39,  Range  13. 
5         7  if)  10  inclusive,   100x125 

5  39  to  42  inclusive,   100x125 

6  41  and  42,  50x125 

COLVIN'S  SUBDIVISION. 

S  Ei  N  Wi,  Sec.  36,  Town  38,  Range  13. 
2         6  to  9  inc.  and  12,  18,  19,  21  and  44  to  50  inc.... 
.3       15  to  22  inc.  and  28  to  34  inc.  and  37  to  44  inc... 


OUTSIDE  SCHOOL  FUND  PROPERTY. 
Wf  S  Wi,  Sec.  13,  Town  36,  Range  12,  80  acres.  .  .  . 

E$  S  Ei,  Sec.  15,  Town  37,  Range  13.  .80  acres 

E£  N  Wi,  Sec.  23,  Town  37,  Range  13,  80  acres  .... 

N  Wi,  Sec.  23,  Town  37,  Range  13,  80  acres.  .  .  . 

S  WJ,  Sec.  22,  Town  38,  Range  13,  80  acres.  .  .  . 
Blocks  2,  5,  12,  20  and  21  in  Sec.  11,  Town  40,  Range 

13,  49.75  acres 

Wi  N  Wi.  Sec.  33,  Town  40,  Range  13,  80  acres.  .  .  . 

E£  S  Ei,  Sec.  34,  Town  38,  Range  14,  80  acres 

N  Ei  S,  Wi,  Sec.  7,  Town  40,  Range  14,  40  acres.  .  .  . 

HEGEWISCH'S  SUBDIVISION 
in  Town  5,  Range  10,  60  acres *  . 

HOUGH  &  REED'S  SUBDIVISION 
in  Towns  55  and  56,  Range  4,  400  acres 

LANDS  IN  NORWOOD  PARK 
in  Towns  2,  3,  4  and  24,  Range  1 


LIST  OF  CANAL  LOTS  SOLD  AT  AUCTION 

In  Original  Town  of  Chicago,    September   27,   1830,   bounded  by 
State,  Kinzie,  Desplaines  and  Madison  streets. 

Price 
Block.       Lot.  Location.  Brought 

1  1  N  W  cor  of  State  st  and  Chicago  river  ...... 

2  West  of  State  st  sf  on  Chicago  river  ....... 

3  West  of  State  st  sf  on  Chicago  river  ....... 

4  N  E  cor  of  Dearborn  st  and  Chicago  river..  . 

5  S  E  cor  of  Dearborn  st  and  North  Water  st. 

6  North  Water  st  nf  west  of  State  st  ......... 

7  North  Water  st  uf  west  of  State  st  ......  ... 

8  S  W  cor  of  State  st  and  North  Water  st  .  .  .  . 

2  1  N  W  cor  of  Dearborn  st  and  Chicago  river  .......      60 

2  West  of  Dearborn  st  sf  on  Chicago  river  ........      37 

5  S  E  cor  of  North  Water  and  Clark  sts  .........  .  .      18 

6  North  Water  st  nf  west  of  Dearborn  st 

7  North  Water  st  nf  west  of  Dearborn  st  ........  V      58 

8  S  W  cor  of  North  Water  and  Dearborn  sts 

3  2  N  W  cor  of  Clark  st  and  Chicago  river 

3  West  of  Clark  st  on  Chicago  river 

4  N  E  cor  of  LaSalle  st  and  Chicago  river 

5  S  E  cor  of  North  Water  and  LaSalle  sts  ........ 

6  North  Water  st  nf  west  of  Clark  st  ........... 

7  North  Water  st  nf  west  of  Clark  st  ............  j 

4  1  N  W  cor  of  LaSalle  st  and  Chicago  river  .........      40 

5  Public  school  .............................. 

7  North  Water  st  nf  west  of  LaSalle  st  ............      30 

8  S  W  cor  of  LaSalle  and  North  Water  sts  ........      16 

5  1  N  W  cor  of  Wells  st  and  Chicago  river  ..........      31 

2  West  of  Wells  st  sf  on  Chicago  river  ............      20 

3  West  of  Wells  st  sf  on  Chicago  river  ............      22; 

4  N  E  cor  of  Franklin  st  on  Chicago  river  .....  ....      32 

5  S  E  cor  of  Franklin  and  North  Water  sts  ........      10 

6  North  Water  st  nf  west  of  Wells  st  .............        8 

7  North  Water  st  nf  west  of  Wells  st  ...........  )       1R 

8  S  W  cor  of  North  Water  and  Wells  sts  ........  j 

6  5  North  Water  st  nf  west  of  Franklin  st  ......  ,  .  .  .  .      24 

3  Clinton  st  wf  north  of  Carroll  ave  ............   •       „* 


4     Canal  st  ef  north  of  Carroll  ave. 


I 


34          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

LIST  OF  CANAL  LOTS  —Continued. 

Price 
Block.       Lot.  Location.  Brought 


5     N  W  cor  of  Canal  st  and  Carroll  ave ,  c.    .„ 


6  N  E  cor  of  Clinton  st  and  Carroll  ave f 

7  S  E  cor  of  Kinzie  and  Clinton  sts 11 

10  4  Jefferson  st  ef  north  of  Carroll  ave 20 

13  5  Canal  st  ef  north  of  Fulton  st. . 


6     Clinton  st  wf  north  of  Fulton  st     " 

8     Canal  st  ef  north  of  Fulton  st  ..................      20 

14  1     East  of  Carroll  ave  near  Chicago  river.  .  .  ) 

V  K  A 

2     East  of  Carroll  ave  near  Chicao  river  .........   f 


3  East  of  Carroll  ave  near  Chicago  river  .........  ^| 

4  East  of  Carroll  ave  near  Chicago  river  .........   ( 

5  ) 

fi  >  On  Chicago  river  west  of  Orleans  st  ...........   j 

7  On  Chicago  river  west  of  Orleans  st  ...........  )       .  n 

8  On  Chicago  river  west  of  Orleans  st  ...........  j 

15  3     Orleans  st  on  the  Chicago  river  ..............  )       ~7 

4     Orleans  st  on  the  Chicago  river  ..............  I 

16  1     S  W  cor  of  State  and  South  Water  sts  ...........      75 

o  [•  S  W  cor  of  Dearborn  and  South  Water  sts  .....  >    100 

7  Lake  st  sf  west  of  Dearborn  st  ...............  )       fif, 

8  N  W  cor  of  Lake  and  Dearborn  sts  ...........  j 

18  1     S  W  cor  of  Clark  and  South  Water  sts  ..........      24 

2     South  Water  st  nf  west  of  Clark  st  ..............      45 

7  Lake  st  sf  west  of  Clark  st  ....................      20 

8  N  W  cor  of  Lake  and  Clark  sts  .................      25 

19  1     S  W  cor  of  South  Water  and  LaSalle  sts. 


2  South  Water  st  nf  west  of  LaSalle  st , 

3  Cook  county  lot 

4  S  E  cor  of  South  Water  st  and  Fifth  ave 36 

7  Lake  st  sf  west  of  LaSalle  st )       .  R 

8  N  W  cor  of  Lake  and  LaSalle  sts j 

20  1  S  W  cor  of  South  Water  st  arid  Fifth  ave 51 

2  South  Water  st  nf  west  of  Fifth  ave 42 

3  Cook  county  lot 

7  Lake  st  sf  west  of  Fifth  ave 27 

5  N  W  cor  of  Lake  st  and  Fifth  ave 22 

21  1  S  W  cor  of  South  Water  and  Franklin  sts 


2     South  Water  st  nf  west  of  Franklin  st j 

5  N  E  cor  of  Lake  and  Market  sts. ) 

6  Lake  st  sf  west  of  Franklin  st f 


.$277 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.          35 

LIST  OF  CANAL  LOTS — Continued. 

Price 
Lot.  Location.  Brought 

2  S  E  cor  of  Fulton  and  Canal  sts 

3  Canal  st  vvf  south  of  Fulton  st 

5  North  of  Lake  st  on  Chicago  river .... 

6  Canal  st  wf  north  of  Lake  st 

7  N  E  cor  of  Lake  and  Canal  sts 

8  N  W  cor  of  Lake  st  and  Chicago  river. 

1  S  W  cor  of  Fulton  and  Canal  sts )       -„ 

2  S  E  cor  of  Fulton  and  Clinton  sts j 

3  Clinton  st  wf  south  of  Fulton  st 

4  Canal  st  ef  south  of  Fulton  st ,       ,,  ~ 

5  Canal  st  ef  south  of  Fulton  st . . 

6  Clinton  st  wf  south  of  Fulton  st 

3  Clinton  st  wf  south  of  Lake  st )       9q 

4  Canal  st  ef  south  of  Lake  st f 

5  Canal  st  ef  south  of  Lake  st )       91 

6  Clinton  st  wf  south  of  Lake  st j 

9  N  W  cor  of  Canal  and  Randolph  sts 31 

10  N  E  cor  of  Clinton  and  Randolph  sts 67 

1  S  W  cor  of  Lake  and  West  Water  sts 71 

4  West  Water  st  ef  south  of  Lake  st 100 

5  West  Water  st  ef  south  of  Lake  st }     ^  ft~ 

6  Canal  st  wf  south  of  Lake  st f 

7  Canal  st  wf  south  of  Lake  st )       qq 

8  WTest  Water  st  ef  south  of  Lake  st f 


9  N  W  cor  of  West  Water  and  Randolph  sts )  1  -fl 

LO  N  E  cor  of  Canal  and  Randolph  sts f 

3  Lake  st  nf  east  of  Market  st 42 

4  S  E  cor  of  Lake  and  Market  sts 60 

5  N  E  cor  of  Randolph  and  Market  sts )  ..  ... 

6  Randolph  st  sf  east  of  Market  st j 

3  Lake  st  nf  east  of  Franklin  st 11 

4  S  E  cor  of  Lake  and  Franklin  sts 15 

5  N  E  cor  of  Randolph  and  Franklin  sts.  . .    )  ~~ 

6  Randolph  st  sf  east  of  Franklin  st f 

5  N  E  cor  of  Fifth  ave  and  Randolph  st 21 

4  S  E  cor  of  LaSalle  and  Lake  sts )  .  ~ 

5  N  E  cor  of  LaSalle  and  Randolph  sts f 

3  Lake  st  nf  east  of  Clark  st 23 

4  S  E  cor  of  Lake  and  Clark  sts 26 

5  N  E  cor  of  Clark  and  Randolph  sts 35 

6  Randolph  st  sf  east  of  Clark  st 25 


.  .....)       ~a 

j 


36          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

LIST  OF  CANAL  LOTS  —  Continued. 

Price 
Block.       Lot.  Location.  Brought 

36  3  Lake  st  nf  east  of  Dearborn  st  ................  )  ^  ~~ 

4  S  E  cor  of  Lake  and  Dearborn  sts  ............  j 

5  N  E  cor  of  Randolph  and  Dearborn  sts  ........  )       -„ 

6  Randolph  st  sf  east  of  Dearborn  st  ............  j 

39  Public  Square  ..........  ,  ..... 

43  7  N  W  cor  of  Washington  and  Market  sts.  ... 
8  N  W  cor  of  Washington  and  Market  sts 

44  1  S  W  cor  of  West  Water  and  Randolph  sts  ........  73 

3  S  E  cor  of  Canal  and  Randolph  sts  ..............  16 

5  West  Water  st  ef  south  of  Randolph  st  ..........  33 

7  Canal  st  wf  south  of  Randolph  st  ...............  13 

8  West  Water  st  ef  south  of  Randolph  st  ..........  32 

9  N  W  cor  of  West  Water  and  West  Washington  sts.      50 
10     N  E  cor  of  Canal  and  West  Washington  sts.  .  23 


COMPABATIVE  STATEMENT  OF  LAND  VALUES 

In  Fort  Dearborn  Addition  to  Chicago  bounded  by  State  and  Madi- 
son streets,  Lake  Michigan  and  the  Chicago  River. 

Approximate 
Location  and  Description.  Sold,  1839.      values,  1899 

Lot  N  E  cor  of  River  and  Dock  sts.,  77x109.  ..$  26.57  $  90,000 
Lot  N  E  cor  State  and  S.  Water  sts. ,  113. 40x65.  25. 00  175, 000 
Lot  S  E  cor  of  Michigan  av  and  So.  Water  sts., 

39x130 , 359.00  95,000 

Lot  S  E  cor  of  Wabash  av  and  So.  Water  sts., 

24x140. 600.00  65,000 

Lot  S  E  cor  So.  Water  and  State  sts.,  22x140.  853.00  95,000 

Lot  S  E  cor  Lake  and  State  sts.,  22.80x169 712.00  175,000 

Lot  S  E  cor  WTabash  av  and  Lake  st.,  24x169. .  429.00  110,000 
Lot  S  E  cor  Randolph  st  and  Wabash  av.,  43x 

162 501,00  225,000 

Lot  S  W  cor  Randolph  st  and  Wabash  av.,  48x 

160 451.00  250,000 

Lot  S  W  cor  Michigan  av  and  Washington  sts., 

48x162 375.00  195,000 

Lot  S  W  cor  of  Wabash  av  and  Washington  st, 

48x150 427.00       350,000 

The  last-named  lot  has  shown,  for  the  past    sixty  years,  an  average   yearly 
increase  in  value  of  $5,826. 


VALUES  PER  FRONT  FOOT  OF  THE  OUTLYING  DISTRICT  OF  CHICAGO 

This  table  shows  a  partial  list  of  sales  of  vacant  property  made 
during  the  last  ten  years  of  the  nineteenth  century,  and,  except 
where  otherwise  specified,  are  for  the  year  1892. 

ABERDEEN  STREET. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

Between  52d  and  53d  streets  wf  72x125 October    4.       $  28 

S  W  cor  60th  street  of  48x125 May  25.  21 

100  feet  south  of  62d  street  ef  50x125 July  27.  26 

S  W  cor  of  64th  street  ef  50x125 September  10.  80 

197  feet  north  of  66th  street  wf  50x125 August  13.  86 

225  feet  south  of  67th  street  ef  50x125 August  27.  24 

125  feet  south  of  72d  street  wf  100x125 August  1.  20 

73  feet  south  of  73d  street  ef  50x125 .November  26.  20 

Between  74th  and  75th  streets  ef  250x124 June  22.  22 

148  feet  north  of  85th  street  wf  50x124 August  17.  22 

ADA  STREET. 

122  feet  south  of  Austin  avenue  ef  26x143 January  29.  112 

72  feet  north  of  48th  street  wf  24x125 August  25.  41 

216  feet  north  of  49th  street  ef  24x124 August  30.  41 

107  feet  north  of  50th  street  ef  25x125 March  16.  40 

Between  68th  and  69th  streets  ef  33x125 July  9.  39 

ADAMS  STREET. 

159  feet  west  of  Jefferson  street  sf  50x150 February  12.  513 

176  feet  east  of  Halsted  street  nf  25x169 Sold  1899.  410 

100  feet  east  of  Halsted  street  nf  76x169 Sold  1899.  464 

91  feet  east  of  Honore  street  nf  31x125 April  30.  171 

48  feet  east  of  California  avenue  sf  24x124. .  .  .June  25.  75 

75  feet  east  of  Spaulding  avenue  sf  25x180. .  .  .April  19.  110 

N  E  cor  of  Spaulding  avenue  sf  50x180 April  19.  110 

144  feet  west  of  Spaulding  avenue  sf  25x180.  .  .March  3,  100 


38          REAL,  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

ADAMS  STREET — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

331  feet  east  of  Homan  avenue  sf  50x180 July  26.  $115 

50  feet  east  of  St.  Louis  avenue  sf  75x180 April  19.  120 

N  E  cor  of  St.  Louis  avenue  sf  25x180 February  9.  141 

N  W  cor  of  St.  Louis  avenue  sf  155x180 February  5.  129 

270  feet  east  of  Central  Park  avenue  nf  25x142.  May  17.  115 

50  feet  west  of  42d  street  nf  50x121 October  10.  40 

125  feet  west  of  42d  street  nf  25x121 October  11.  40 

N  E  cor  of  44th  street  sf  25x121 . October  18.  50 

75  feet  west  of  44th  street  sf  25x121 November  21.  42 

275  feet  west  of  44th  street  sf  50x121 October  1.  39 

100  feet  west  of  45th  street  sf  25x121 July  21.  44 

75  feet  east  of  46th  street  sf  25x121 April  20.  40 

ADAMS  AVENUE. 

24  feet  south  of  73d  street  ef  25x125 May  20.  60 

N  E  cor  of  82d  street  wf  58x114 June  1.  46 

141  feet  south  of  83d  street  ef  50x124 March  1.  25 

ADDISON  AVENUE. 

225  feet  east  of  Racine  avenue  nf  25x122 May  1.  58 

200  feet  east  of  Racine  avenue  sf  25x125 March  10.  51 

125  feet  east  of  Racine  avenue  sf  25x125 September  17.      54 

N  E  cor  of  Hangan  avenue  sf  50x125 August  24.  80 

70  feet  east  of  Jansen  avenue  sf  50x134 July  26.  60 

100  feet  east  of  Lincoln  avenue  sf  25x125 August  2.  46 

106  feet  west  of  Robey  street  sf  50x125 April  2.  75 

515  feet  west  of  Crawford  avenue  sf  50x124.  .  .May  19.  21 

ALBANY  AVENUE. 

S  E  cor  of  Hinman  street  wf  25x133 April  2.  40 

170  feet  south  of  20th  street  wf  24x120 October  18.  41 

411  feet  north  of  22d  street  ef  50x125 August  1.  24 

175  feet  north  of  38th  street  wf  25x125 July  8.  56 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.  39 
ARCHER  AVENUE. 

Descriptioa-  Sold.       Per  Front  Toot 

144  feet  east  of  Stewart  avenue  nf  25x102 July  2.  $200 

431  feet  west  of  33d  street  nf  25x100 March  26.  84 

N  E  cor  of  Leavitt  street  sf  555x October  19.  43 

240  feet  west  of  Saratoga  street  sf  25x118 August  18.  40 

Between  39th  and  40th  streets  sf  24x February  1.  42 

257  feet  west  of  39th  street  sf  24x February  8.  42 

N  E  cor  of  83d  street  sf  48x126 September  1.  25 

ARMITAGE  AVENUE.  . 

24  feet  east  of  Seymour  street  nf  25x200 ......  June  27.  50 

125  feet  west  of  Rockwell  street  nf  25x125  . .  . .  July  22.  40 

124  feet  west  of  Point  street  sf  25x . ...... .June  6.  48 

474  feet  west  of  Point  street  sf  25x .  . '. June  22  46 

75  feet  west  of  Mozart  street  sf  25x150 July  2.  50 

30  feet  west  of  Nebraska  street  nf  50x134 May  3.  40 

S  E  cor  of  Mead  street  nf  75x150 September  1.  40* 

50  feet  east  of  Sheridan  street  nf  25x150 August  15.  40 

175  feet  east  of  40th  street  sf  25x125 April  16.  40 

181  feet  east  of  50th  street  sf  57x136 October  29.  20 

East  of  Dunham  street  sf  83x125 March  4.  24, 

N  W  cor  of  Jefferson  avenue  sf  50x125 October  28.  43" 

ASHLAND  AVENUE. 

241  feet  north  of  Sunnyside  avenue  wf  50x160. October  27.  50 

91  feet  south  of  Sunnyside  avenue  wf  50x160.  .August  1.  50 

100  feet  south  of  Melrose  avenue  wf  25x110.  . .  July  15.  78 

143  feet  south  of  Berteau  street  ef  25x166 August  26.  55 

258  feet  south.of  Belle  Plaine  avenue  wf  50x160.  June  24.  50 
406  feet  south  of  Graceland  avenue  ef  25x125.  .July  20.  52 
N  W  cor  of  Byron  street  ef  50x125 May  24.  66 

125  feet  south  of  Grace  street  wf  25x124 June  4.  60 

199  feet  south  of  Grace  street  ef  25x125 September  16.      60 

150  feet  north  of  Nellie  street  ef  25x125 July  26.  46 

404  feet  north  of  Wrightwood  ave.  wf  25x1 25.. June  2.  62 

164  feet  north  of  Wabansia  avenue  ef  25x125.  .May  16.  52 

115  feet  north  of  Wabansia  avenue  ef  25x125  .  .  March  28  57 


40          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

ASHLAND  AVENUE — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

40  feet  south  of  Bingharn  street  ef  40x100 May  15.  $  92 

125  feet  north  of  York  street  wf  25x148 June  29.  300 

175  feet  north  of  Polk  street  wf  25x148 September  29.    300 

361  feet  south  of  Polk  street  wf  24x91 June  2.  208 

361  feet  north  of  Taylor  street  wf  24x91 November  28.  208 

50  feet  north  of  Taylor  street  ef  25x150 April  7.  275 

145  feet  north  of  13th  street  ef  48x150 August  22.  123 

92  feet  north  of  14th  street  wf  48x140 October  10.  156 

120  feet  south  of  14th  street  wf  24x125 July  23.  100 

99  feet  south  of  17th  street  ef  24x125 December  1.  100 

48  feet  south  of  18th  street  wf  24x130 October  11.  104 

25  feet  north  of  Hinman  street  ef  24x125 October  3.  125 

23  feet  south  of  Hinman  street  ef  44x100 May  13.  91 

830  feet  south  of  Blue  Island  ave.  ef  108x240 .  .March  9.  204 

S  W  cor  33d  street  ef  24x150 May  25.  104 

150  feet  north  of  43d  street  ef  25x130 January  18.  44 

196  feet  north  of  46th  street  wf  25x121 January  26.  60 

263  feet  south  of  47th  street  wf  24x121 October  17.  75 

48  feet  north  of  52d  street  of  25x125 August  25.  48 

275  feet  south  of  52d  street  wf  25x125 June  20.  50 

173  feet  north  of  53d  street  ef  25x125 July  19.  44 

199  feet  north  of  54th  street  ef  25x125 .  .October  24.  56 

50  feet  norta  of  56th  street  wf  25x124 October  8.  70 

198  feet  north  of  59th  street  wf  75x122 May  31.  40 

123  feet  south  of  60th  street  wf  100x121 August  1.  50 

148  feet  north  of  61st  street  wf  25x121 August  1.  50 

200  feet  south  of  62d  street  wf  25x121 June  1.  50 

275  feet  south  of  62d  street  wf  25x121 December  7.  50 

298  feet  south  of  64th  street  wf  25x122 December  16.  44 

273  feet  north  of  65th  street  wf  25x122 November  16.  52 

N  W  cor  of  72d  street  ef  98x124 February  24.  41 

234  feet  north  of  90th  street  ef  50x124 March  13.  22 

N  W  cor  of  91st  street  ef  250x July  7.  16 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.  41. 
ASTOR  STREET. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

Near  Burton  place  wf  33x130 Sold  1898.        $500 

AUGUSTA  STREET. 

Near  Seymour  street  nf  25x124 January  5.  50 

S  E  cor  Fairfield  avenue  nf  50x125 March  26.  34 

243  feet  west  of  42d  street  nf  72x126 .January  28.  17 

AUSTIN  AVENUE. 

124  feet  west  of  Elizabeth  street  nf  26x107  . .  . .  June  22.  96 

144  feet  east  of  Hoyne  avenue  nf  24x100 July  22.  86 

169  feet  east  of  48th  street  sf  24x119 June  9.  75 

AVENUE  A  TO  AVENUE  O. 

Avenue  G,  N  W  cor  107th  street  ef  50x125  ....  June  9.  42 

Avenue  J,  74  ft  south  of  103d  street  wf  25x125.  March  4.  52 

Avenue  K,  bet.  106th  and  107th  sts.  ef  50x125.  August  13.  30 

Avenue  L,  300  feet  north  104th  st.  wf  25x125. March  23.  48 

AVERS  AVENUE. 

Between  North  ave.  and  Frederick  st.  ef  96x125  .June  8.  27 

174  feet  north  of  Ohio  street  wf  120x121 September  21.      18 

South  of  22d  street  ef  100x125  , May  16.  22 

BELDEN  AVENUE. 

120  feet  east  of  Seminary  avenue  nf  24x115..  .  .January  27.  104 

48  feet  east  of  Sheffield  avenue  nf  24x175 May  6.  100 

S  E  cor  of  Central  Park  avenue  nf  49x126 May  12.  24 

BELMONT  AVENUE. 

48  feet  west  of  Racine  avenue  sf  75x121 May  19.  75 

225  feet  west  of  Racine  avenue  nf  50x125 June  23.  66 

88  feet  west  of  Paulina  street  nf  25x125 June  22.  60 

200  feet  west  of  Oakley  avenue  nf  25x125 February  5.  40 

N  E  cor  of  California  avenue  sf  66x120 June  9.  60 

25  feet  west  of  Hoffman  avenue  nf  25x125 July  22.  40 

N  E  cor  of  Linden  street  sf  27x125.  .                 ,  .March  10.  37 


42       REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO, 
BLUE  ISLAND  AVENUE. 

Description.  Sold.        Per  Front  Foot 

225  feet  south  of  Harrison  street  ef  25x120. .  .  .March  30.  $300 

48  feet  north  of  Polk  street  ef  20x104 November  28.  275 

155  feet  north  of  Wood  street  ef  24x100 October  12.  62 

57  feet  north  of  Leavitt  street  ef  24x100 August  11.  55 

BOND  AVENUE. 

110  feet  north  of  73d  street  wf  100x216 April  11.  75 

110  feet  north  of  73d  street  wf  100x216 September  1.  78 

N  E  cor  73d  street  wf  110x150 April  7.  72 

310  feet  south  of  73d  street  wf  100x216. April  22.  70 

260  feet  north  of  75th  street  wf  50x213 July  15.  90 

387  feet  south  of  77th  street  ef  50x200 March  26.  70 

337  feet  north  of  78th  street  ef  50x200 July  7.  70 

North  of  79th  street  ef  50x April  11.  55 

100  feet  north  of  79th  street  wf  100x200 March  22.  60 

BOWEN  AVENUE. 

152  feet  west  of  Vincennes  avenue  sf  50x142.  .  .March  9.  125 

277  feet  west  of  Vincennes  avenue  sf  50x142.  . .  March  23.  120 

391  feet  east  of  Grand  boulevard  sf  50x142 March  20.  120 

BUTTERFIELD    STREET. 

Near  46th  street  ef  25x92 April  20.  46 

175  feet  north  of  51st  street  ef  25x95. April  14.  66 

CALIFORNIA  AVENUE. 

275  feet  south  of  Diversey  avenue  wf  50x126.  .April  28.  20 

72  feet  north  of  Evergreen  avenue  wf  50x125  .  .  April  28.  20 

22  feet  south  of  Humboldt  avenue  wf  25x125.  ..  February  24.  48 

75  feet  north  of  Stave  st  wf  25x April  9.  60 

250  feet  south  of  Cortland  street  ef  25x100 ....  June  4.  48 

275  feet  south  of  Cortland  street  ef  25x100  . .  . .  June  4.  48 

100  feet  south  of  Thomas  street  ef  25x125 June  6.  49 

25  feet  north  of  Augusta  street  ef  25x125 July  6.  55 

241  feet  north  of  Chicago  avenue  ef  24x125  . .  .  .July  14.  45 

414  feet  south  of  Fulton  street  wf  24x126 August  1.  96 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.  43 

CALIFORNIA  AVENUE — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

141  feet  south  of  Jackson  boulevard  ef  25x126. March  25.         $  88 

75  feet  north  of  Congress  street  ef  48x135 April  24.  73 

106  feet  north  of  Polk  street  wf  26x .October  29.  75 

86  feet  south  of  Polk  street  wf  26x124 October  27.  75 

158  feet  north  of  16th  street  wf  26x146 May  5.  96 

226  feet  north  of  18th  street  wf  25x132 May  30.  80 

72  feet  south  of  Moore  street  ef  25x125 April  20.  40 

117  feet  south  of  36th  street  wf  25x125.  ....  . .  July  1.  43 

CALUMET  AVENUE. 

Near  34th  street  wf  25x125 April  16.  175 

25  feet  north  of  42d  street  ef  25x130 October  24.  160 

200  feet  south  of  42d  street  wf  24x126 March  26.  170 

171  feet  north  of  43d  street  wf  25x126 October  6.  132 

171  feet  north  of  43d  street  wf  25x126 October  16.  150 

294  feet  south  of  43d  street  ef  75x129 April  1.  125 

197  feet  north  of  45th  street  ef  100x137 Sold  1898.  125 

S  W  cor  of  46th  street  ef  169x137 ..April  21.  120 

298  feet  north  of  48th  street  ef  50x170 September  13.  100 

S  E  cor  of  49th  street  wf  50x130 , December  10.  180 

N  E  cor  of  49th  street  wf  225x162 March  19.  100 

Between  49th  and  50th  streets  ef  92x99 April  23.  86 

200  feet  north  of  50th  street  wf  50x130 June  25.  130 

299  feet  north  of  58th  street  ef  50x135 .  September  9.  100 

S  W  cor  of  58th  street  ef  274x150 ."Sold  1899.  92 

S  E  cor  of  60th  street  wf  120x160 September  10.  92 

N  E  cor  of  60th  street  wf  133x160 June  6.  69 

169  feet  south  of  61st  street  wf  50x160 June  14.  82 

269  feet  south  of  61st  street  ef  100x160 March  9.  91 

Between  68th  and  69th  streets  of  200x178 January  14.  50 

248  feot  south  of  68th  street  wf  25x171 June  1.  84 

99  feet  north  of  78th  street  ef  50x160 May  5.  33 

N  E  cor  of  81st  street  wf  300x150 June  24.  30 

216  feet  north  of  82d  street  ef  50x161 .July  26.  30 


44      REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

CANAL  STREET. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

47  feet  north  of  Maxwell  street  wf  23x110 October  28.      1 130 

S  E  cor  of  13th  street  wf  25x110 Sold  1898.  292 

S  E  cor  of  14th  street  wf  25x125 September  1.  300 

CARPENTER  STREET. 

120  feet  south  of  Front  street  ef  40x100 Sold  1898.  114 

S  E  cor  of  Fulton  street  wf  100x100 Sold  1899.  146 

Between  56th  and  57th  streets  ef  175x125 February  11.  42 

Between  64th  and  65th  streets  ef  25x125 June  16.  51 

S  W  cor  of  65th  street  ef  50x125 December  9.  32 

275  feet  north  of  69th  street  wf  25x124 May  7.  57 

N  W  cor  of  85th  street  ef  48x125 April  13.  25 

32  feet  south  of  85th  street  ef  33x125 July  28.  30 

173  feet  north  of  86th  street  ef  50x125..  . .March  14.  24 

CARROLL  AVENUE. 

100  feet  east  of  Sangamon  street  nf  25x100 . .  .  .October  14.  130 

81  feet  east  of  Elizabeth  street  nf  25x141 August  12.  100 

109  feet  east  of  St.  John's  place  nf  40x126 April  4.  100 

138  feet  west  of  Ashland  avenue  nf  46x124. .  . .  July  16.  72 

231  feet  east  of  Paulina  street  nf  23x124 April  24.  87 

75  feet  east  of  Robey  street  nf  25x123 October  10.  68 

125  feet  west  of  Robey  street  sf  25x124 October  20.  78 

125  feet  west  of  Kedzie  avenue  nf  233x150 ....  May  10.  55 

53  feet  east  of  41st  st  nf  25x August  4.  40 

CENTRAL  PARK  AVENUE. 

75  feet  south  of  Prince  street  ef  25x124 August  13.  50 

120  feet  north  of  Frederick  street  ef  72x124.  .  .November  10.       41 

178  feet  north  of  Glenview  avenue  ef  50x125.  .  .October  24.  25 

Between  Indiana  and  Ohio  streets  wf  125x119.  .May  4.  43 

362  feet  north  of  Ogden  avenue  wf  50x125  ....  May  4.  48 

149  feet  north  of  16th  street  ef. 50x124 July  19.  48 

247  feet  south  of  18th  street  ef  25x122 August  20.  50 

Between  18th  and  19th  streets  ef  24x122 May  13.  42 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.  45 

CENTRAL  PARK  AVENUE — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

Between  22d  and  23d  streets  ef  25x124 June  20.  $  40 

Between  27th  and  28th  streets  wf  120x125 July  15.  33 

Between  28th  and  29th  streets  wf  313x125 July  5.  22 

CENTER  AVENUE. 

N  W  cor  of  57th  street  ef  73x124 February  17.  53 

S  W  cor  of  57th  street  ef  50x124 February  25.  56 

175  feet  south  of  60th  street  ef  100x125 March  14.  32 

115  feet  south  of  62d  street  ef  37x125 June  7.  42 

290  feet  north  of  63d  street  ef  25x125 June  6.  60 

S  E  cor  of  68th  street  wf  147x124 June  18.  50 

172  feet  north  of  70th  street  ef  25x124 May  12.  42 

198  feet  north  of  74th  street  wf  50x125 December  9.  30 

48  feet  north  of  86th  street  wf  100x125 June  10.  13 

CHAMPLAIN  AVENUE. 

105  feet  north  of  43d  street  wf  20x147 May  1.  125 

N  W  cor  of  48th  street  ef  100x125 May  26.  143 

S  W  cor  of  48th  street  ef  20x130 October  26.  125 

100  feet  south  of  48th  street  wf  100x130 May  5.  95 

N  W  cor  of  49th  street  ef  100x130 April  13.  112 

N  W  cor  of  72d  street  ef  100x125 April  20.  45 

CHICAGO  AVENUE. 

S  W  cor  of  Orleans  street  nf  100x128 Sold  1898.  507 

50  feet  west  of  Carpenter   street  sf  25x100 August  27.  160 

193  feet  west  of  Hoyne  avenue  nf  48x121 September  14.  62 

264  feet  east  of  Leavitt  street  nf  24x121 March  30.  65 

104  feet  east  of  California  avenue  nf  25x124.  .  .February  20.  66 

73  feet  west  of  St.  Louis  avenue  nf  24x125 . .  .  .July  14.  41 

121  feet  east  of  Lawndale  avenue  sf  48x125 . .  .  .July  6.  31 

73  feet  west  of  Lawndale  avenue  sf  48x125.  . .  „  .March  4.  34 

97  feet  east  of  Hamlin  avenue  sf  48x125 October  6.  31 

N  E  cor  of  Springfield  avenue  sf  299x May  1.  52 

S  W  cor  of  Sprinfield  avenue  nf  25x125.    June  3.  48 

S  W  cor  of  Harding  avenue  nf  50x100 October  18.  40 

N  E  cor  of  Robinson  avenue  sf  84x125 .February  1.  41 


46       REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

CLARK  STREET. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

Opposite  Argyle  street  ef  55x175 .  .November  15.  $  55 

42  feet  north  of  Rome  street  wf  100x125 March  24.  35 

S  E  cor  of  Lawrence  avenue  wf  106x October  26.  66 

N  W  cor  of  Leland  avenue  ef  165x172 March  15.  108 

90  feet  north  of  Wilson  avenue  wf  50x August  18.  63 

S  W  cor  of  Wilson  avenue  ef  192x October  15.  130 

143  feet  south  of  Addison  avenue  wf  39x .  .  .July  18.  77 

100  feet  south  of  Wellington  street  ef  198x120. April  16.  152 

Near  York  place  ef  115x120 April  5.  130 

175  feet  south  of  Deming  court  ef  25x200 July  8.  165 

104  feet  south  of  Chestnut  street  wf  25x150 October  1.  500 

Between  15th  and  16th  streets  wf  339x160  . .  .  .Sold  1896.  710 

175  feet  north  of  19th  street  ef  25x78 March  29.  160 

49  feet  north  of  108th  street  wf  50x122 June  29.  20 

CLINTON  STREET. 

S  W  cor  of  Randolph  street  ef  128x150 Sold  1899.  703 

CLYBOURN  AVENUE. 

449  feet  south  of  Sheffield  avenue  ef  24x100.. . .  July  12.  85 

100  feet  south  of  Sheffield  avenue  wf  75x130.  . .  July  1.  80 

566  feet  south  of  Wabansia  avenue  ef  50x95 July  27.  70 

155  feet  north  of  Wood  street  wf  75x130 July  1.  80 

COLORADO  AVENUE. 

139  feet  west  of  Sacramento  avenue  nf  25x125.. May  13.  100 

100  feet  east  of  Whipple  street  nf  24x125 September  15.  100 

76  feet  west  of  Central  Park  avenue  nf  25x150. October  6.  100 

72  feet  west  of  Bonney  avenue  nf  25x150 October  31.  100 

148  feet  west  of  42d  street  sf  25x100 June  3.  40 

220  feet  west  of  42d  street  nf  24x120.    September  27.  48 

S  E  cor  of  44th  street  nf  105x October  1.  44 

S  W  cor  of  44th  street  nf  85x125 October  1.  35 

300  feet  east  of  45th  street  nf  75x125 February  8.  40 

125  feet  east  of  45th. street  nf  25x125.  .               .August  10.  48 


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COLORADO  AVENUE — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

S  E  cor  of  45th  street  nf  75x May  1.  $  51 

250  feet  west  of  47th  street  sf  50x September  27.  24 

169  feet  east  of  48th  street  sf  50x July  5.  24 

COMMERCIAL  AVENUE. 

N  E  cor  of  80th  court  wf  35x125 February  25.  60 

100  feet  south  of  81st  street  ef  25x121 January  29.  60 

125  feet  south  of  81st  street  ef  25x121 November  5.  50 

Between  82d  and  83d  street  wf  125x127 November  18.  50 

25  feet  south  of  97th  street  wf  25x138 April  27.  60 

CONGRESS  STREET. 

228  feet  west  of  California  avenue  sf  25x171.  .  .April  21.  50 

N  W  cor  of  Francisco  street  sf  78x171 February  4.  83 

S  W  cor  of  Francisco  street  nf  78x155 March  16.  77 

S  W  cor  of  Sacramento  street  nf  135x75 August  17.  55 

253  feet  west  of  Sacramento  street  sf  25x175  .  .March  9.  64 

250  feet  west  of  Kedzie  avenue  sf  24x124 October  4.  42 

S  W  cor  of  42d  street  nf  50x125 June  4.  38 

300  feet  west  of  44th  street  nf  25x125 Sold  1895.  36 

250  feet  west  of  45th  street  nf  125x125 June  24.  40 

COTTAGE  GROVE  AVENUE. 

63  feet  north  of  27th  street  wf  32x168 April  28.  282 

Near  38th  street  wf  112x210 March  16.  270 

248  feet  north  of  46th  street  wf  25x150 March  15.  200 

S  W  cor  of  46th  street  ef  25x111 December  14.  180 

177  feet  south  of  46th  street  ef  25x121 June  6.  220 

N  W  cor  of  51st  street  ef  180x127 Sold  1899.  297 

98  feet  north  of  54th  street  wf  100x125 June  18.  150 

447  feet  north  of  62d  street  wf  100x125 November  5.  150 

380  feet  north  of  64th  street  ef  24x122.. Sold  1898.  125 

298  feet  south  of  65th  street  wf  25x109 March  26.  110 

198  feet  south  of  66th  street  wf  50x109 February  20.  140 

Between  66th  and  67th  streets  ef  25x122 February  7.  120 


48          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

COTTAGE  GROVE  AVENUE — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

250  feet  south  of  69th  street  ef  lOOx Sold  1898.        $105 

Between  72d  and  73d  streets  wf  170x February  21.  94 

100  feet  north  of  73d  street  wf  50x125 November  18.  85 

51  feet  north  of  78th  street  wf  25x125 July  25.  40 

250  feet  north  of  84th  street  wf  50x125 January  20.  50 

150  feet  north  of  86th  street  wf  25x125 August  16.  48 

188  feet  north  of  88th  street  ef  25x125 April  24.  40 

N  W  cor  of  88th  place  ef  25x125 March  24.  52 

104  feet  north  of  90th  street  ef  25x125 September  28.      44 

100  feet  south  of  90th  street  wf  50x150 September  19.  50 

300  feet  south  of  93d  street  ef  25x115 September  6.  43 

CRAWFORD  AVENUE. 

(See,  also,  West  4Oth  Street.) 

N  E  cor  of  Addison  street  ef  57x120 February  3.  26 

South  of  Lake  street  wf  33x124 June  22.  63 

Between  26th  and  27th  streets  wf  100x125 April  23.  16 

N  E  cor  of  27th  street  wf  203x125. April  23.  17 

153  feet  south  of  27th  street  wf  50x125 July  23.  20 

203  feet  south  of  27th  street  wf  100x125 April  23.  16 

228  feet  south  of  27th  street  wf  75x125 .September  1.  20 

150  feet  north  of  78th  street  wf  50x124 March  23.  25 

"DEARBORN  STREET. 

Between  15th  and  16th  streets  ef  324x160 Sold  1896.  710 

96  feet  south  of  21st  street  wf  25x151 August  15.  280 

72  feet  north  of  27th  street  wf  24x105 Sold  1898.  125 

100  feet  south  of  47th  street  ef  25x100 May  14.  87 

Between  49th  and  50th  streets  ef  25x100 March  24.  100 

225  feet  south  of  51st  street  ef  25x100 May  1.  104 

114  feet  south  of  53d  street  wf  28x August  26.  57 

266  feet  north  of  55th  street  ef  25x July  27.  72 

Near  57th  street  ef  25x99 July  13.  70 

Near  60th  street  wf  52x100 May  9.  50 


HEAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.  49 

DEARBORN  STREET — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

125  feet  north  of  61st  street  ef  25x100 August  12.        $  60 

N  W  cor  of  61st  street  ef  100x100 January  5.  56 

277  feet  south  of  67th  street  wf  25x172 March  23.  75 

100  feet  south  of  71st  street  wf  50x June  4.  50 

150  feet  south  of  72d  street  ef  60x177 June  1.  50 

105  feet  north  of  106th  street  wf  50x121 June  6.  22 

257  feet  north  of  120th  street  wf  50x125 October  5.  22 

DEARBORN  AVENUE. 

194  feet  north  of  Goethe  street  wf  40x130 July  12.  268 

DIVERSEY  AVENUE. 

48  feet  east  of  Southport  avenue  nf  48x130. .  .  .July  23.  42 

146  feet  east  of  Perry  avenue  sf  48x124 June  15.  52 

177  feet  east  of  Wood  street  sf  50x124 September  25.  50 

N  E  cor  of  Forest  avenue  sf  25x130  . . September  1.  40 

S  E  cor  of  Hoffman  avenue  nf  126x100 April  10.  24 

100  feet  east  of  Drake  avenue  sf  75x125 October  19.  22 

DIVISION  STREET. 

S  E  cor  of  Lincoln  street  nf  79x111 July  14.  130 

96  feet  east  of  Robey  street  nf  24x119 November  19.  81 

24  feet  west  of  Hoyne  avenue  nf  24x121 May  12.  100 

58  feet  west  of  Rockwell  street  nf  24x120 October  18.  75 

203  feet  west  of  Rockwell  street  sf  25x122 July  30.  72 

250  feet  east  of  Washtenaw  avenue  nf  25x120.  .November  22.  69 

100  feet  east  of  Washtenaw  avenue  nf  25x120.  .April  13.  58 

75  feet  east  of  Washtenaw  avenue  nf  25x120.  .  .April  16.  64 

275  feet  west  of  WTashtenaw  avenue  nf  25x120.. March  30.  72 

S  W  cor  of  Tinkham  avenue  nf  49x125 .April  28.  25 

Between  40th  and  42d  streets  sf  50x122 October  5.  22 

Between  40th  and  42d  streets  sf  50x122 October  14.  21 

153  feet  west  of  43d  street  sf  50x124 August  12.  24 


50       REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 
DREXEL  BOULEVARD. 

Description.  Sold.        Per  Front  Foot 

N  W  cor  of  41st  street  ef  129x191 Sold  1895.      $  510 

S  W  cor  of  42d  street  ef  59x161 May  26.  424 

N  W  cor  of  43d  street  ef  98x181 : Sold  1898.  615 

N  E  cor  of  43d  street  wf  100x146 Sold  1898.  600 

Between  43d  and  44th  streets  wf  47x180 June  18.  316 

264  feet  south  of  44th  street  wf  35x250 April  17.  380 

199  feet  north  of  45th  street  wf  50x250 'June  27.  415 

N  E  cor  of  45th  street  wf  100x250 November  19.  500 

S  E  cor  of  46th  street  wf  100x231 July  12.  500 

200  feet  north  of  48th  street  ef  100x213 March  19.  400 

150  feet  north  of  48th  st  ef  25x213 June  23.  400 

S  E  cor  of  48th  street  wf  198x272 October  18.  530 

132  feet  south  of  48th  st  wf  66x272 October  26.  530 

198  feet  north  of  49th  street  ef  100x252 July  22.  450 

148  feet  south  of  53d  street  ef  50x125 July  30.  125 

198  feet  north  of  54th  street  ef  50x125 May  12.  120 

144  feet  north  of  59th  street  ef  24x130 June  29.  125 

N  W  cor  of  61st  street  wf  100x171 October  17.  110 

50  feet  south  of  61st  street  wf  100x171 October  17.  110 

447  feet  north  of  62d  street  wf  100x171 October  14.  110 

195  feet  north  of  63d  street  ef  25x207 August  29.  88 

150  feet  south  of  63d  street  wf  50x125 February  23.  76 

150  feet  south  of  63d  street  ef  50x133 November  30.  100 

N  W  cor  of  65th  street  ef  95x124 March  23.  98 

125  feet  south  of  65th  street  ef  25x125 March  27.  70 

198  feet  south  of  65th  street  ef  25x125 May  18.  88 

198  feet  north  of  67th  street  wf  50x125 May  25.  65 

166  feet  north  of  75th  street  ef  50x125 June  15.  100 

N  E  cor  of  77th  street  wf  102x125 May  5.  36 

S  E  cor  of  81st  street  wf  55x March  18.  48 

N  W  cor  of  86th  street  ef  100x215 February  20.  20 

S  W  cor  of  92d  street  ef  50x125 February  2.  24 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.  51 
EIGHTEENTH  STREET. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

115  feet  east  of  Jefferson  street  sf  24x100.. . .  .  .July  9.            $  146 

250  feet  east  of  Robey  street  sf  25x125 August  12.  55 

50  feet  west  of  Hoyne  avenue  sf  25x120 August  29.  80 

S  W  cor  of  Washtenaw  avenue  nf  25x130 September  14.  68 

West  of  Fairfield  avenue  nf  25x114 October  3.  52 

80TH  TO  89TH  STREETS  (Inclusive). 

81st  st — Bet.  Wallace  and  Honore  stssf  46x125.  September  26.  55 

82d   st— 395  ft  w  of  Vincennes  av  nf  50x124.  .  .July  26.  26 

82d    st— 125  ft  e  of  Emerald  av  nf  50x119 September  29.  20 

82d    st— N  W  cor  of  Leavitt  st  sf  75x264 August  1.  24 

83d   st— 191  ft  w  Stoney  Island  av  sf  50x125..  .October  3.  30 

83d    st—S  W  cor  of  Adams  av  nf  57x125 February  16.  36 

83d    st— N  W  cor  of  Elizabeth  st  sf  27x125 October  10.  41 

83d    st— 52  ft  w  of  Elizabeth  st  sf  104x125..  .  .April  9.  25 

83d   st — Bet.  Eberhart  &  Homan  av  sf  248x125 .  April  30.  12 

83d   st— 256  ft  w  of  Central  Park  av  nf  50x125 .  August  3.  32 

84th  st—S  W  cor  of  Spaulding  av  nf  150x125.  .May  2.  14 

84th  st—S  E  cor  of  Homan  av  nf  48x125 May  2.  28 

85th  st—S  E  cor  of  Green  st  nf  80x125 ... April  28.  30 

85th  st—S  E  cor  of  Marshfield  av  nf  50x125 .  .  .July  18.  28 

85th  st— 50  ft  e  of  Wood  st  nf  75x125 .....  May  16.  16 

87th  st—S  W  cor  of  Luella  av  nf  58x125 September  1.  24 

87th  st— 566  fte  Cottage  Grove  av  nf  lOOx .April  28.  25 

87th  sWBet.  Halsted  st  and  R.  R.  sf  66x .  .March  31.  50 

87th  st— 57  ft  e  of  Morgan  st  sf  50x125 June  14.  40 

87th  st— N  E  cor  of  Page  st  sf  50x125 May  31.  34 

88th  st — 49  ft  w  of  Langley  av  sf  48x125 September  8.  29 

88th  st— 100  ft  e  of  Lawrence  av  sf  50x125..  .  .November  17.  22 

88th  st— 57  ft  e  of  Dyer  st  sf  50x125 October  3.  21 

89th  st— 266  fte  of  Cottage  Grove  av  nf  25x— .October  1.  40 

89th  st— 325  ft  e  of  South  Park  av  nf  50x125  .  .October  10.  26 

89th  st— 200  ft  e  of  South  Park  av  nf  50x125.  .April  22.  26 


52          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

80TH  TO  89TH  STREETS —Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

89th  st— N  W  cor  of  Vincennes  av  sf  25x125  . .  June  28.  $  40 

89th  st— 116  ft  w  of  Paulina  st  nf  50x125 December  10.  20 

ELLIS  AVENUE. 

531  feet  south  of  35th  street  wf  52x135 .  .February  14.  270 

Near  36th  street  ef  22x143 July  2.  225 

S  W  cor  of  41st  street  ef  25x164 July  28.  200 

173  feet  north  of  43d  street  ef  25x150 April  11.  208 

S  E  cor  of  53d  street  wf  100x164 August  11.  180 

S  W  cor  of  54th  street  ef  50x159 September  5.  200 

93  feet  south  of  57th  street  wf  48x130 December  2.  100 

Between  57th  and  58th  streets  ef  48x130 June  2.  94 

N  W  cor  of  58th  street  ef  120x130 July  11.  115 

200  feet  south  of  60th  street  ef  96x170 April  28.  94 

240  feet  north  of  61st  street  ef  50x170 December  10.  125 

140  feet  north  of  61st  street  ef  50x170 July  26.  115 

90  feet  north  of  61st  street  wf  50x170 October  28.  90 

N  E  cor  of  61st  street  wf  90x170 October  18.  Ill 

N  E  cor  of  61st  street  wf  90x170 November  5.  144 

350  feet  north  of  63d  street  wf  50x132 May  28.  70 

350  feet  north  of  65th  street  wf  50x132 August  2.  80 

98  feet  south  of  65th  street  ef  50x125 July  13.  70 

98  feet  north  of  66th  street  wf  50x125 September  26.      80 

198  feet  south  of  66th  street  ef  50x125 June  11.  70 

211  feet  south  of  71st  street  ef  25x126 September  23.  40 

N  E  cor  of  72d  street  wf  162x125 July  14.  42 

N  W  cor  of  91st  street  ef  57x124 May  4.  27 

EMERALD  AVENUE. 

200  feet  south  of  28th  street  ef  25x115 May  28.  52 

198  feet  south  of  31st  street  wf  25x125 June  1.  44 

94  feet  south  of  38th  street  wf  24x123 April  29.  48 

90  feet  south  of  61st  street  wf  25x125 August  8.  62 

N  W  cor  of  52d  street  ef  49x125 September  2.  50 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.  53 

EMERALD  AVENUE — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

South  of  55th  street  wf  25x124 September  6.   $  52 

321  feet  south  of  55th  street  ef  25x130 June  20.  56 

S  W  cor  of  56th  street  ef  25x120 March  9.  40 

S  E  cor  of  59th  street  wf  49x105 August  30.  50 

246  feet  south  of  59th  street  wf  25x138 February  21.  40 

148  feet  north  of  72d  street  wf  25x154 August  1.  40 

S  W  cor  of  72d  street  ef  49x154 May  26.  49 

298  feet  south  of  72d  street  ef  50x125 June  28.  35 

97  feet  north  of  73d  street  of  38x154 April  18.  30 

75  feet  south  of  76th  street  ef  80x130 March  27.  45 

155  feet  south  of  76th  street  ef  40x144 April  15.  40 

Between  79th  and  80th  streets  wf  50x125 January  19.  27 

50  feet  south  of  88th  street  wf  50x132 Sold  1898.  52 

ERIE  STREET. 

N  W  cor  of  Bickerdike  street  sf  25x125 March  26.  74 

25  feet  east  of  Armour  street  nf  25x125 March  5.  88 

98  feet  west  of  Robey  street  sf  24x122  ........  May  26.  50 

96  feet  east  of  Hoyne  avenue  sf  24x122 May  28.  54 

95  feet  east  of  Oakley  avenue  sf  24x124 July  7.  42 

25  feet  east  of  Seymour  street  sf  50x124 July  28.  24 

225  feet  west  of  46th  street  nf  25x120 February  6.  48 

EVANSTON  AVENUE. 

S  W  cor  of  Bervvin  avenue  ef  50x125 .October  24.  60 

99  feet  north  of  Argyle  street  wf  50x230 August  30.  60 

150  feet  north  of  Nellie  street  wf  50x124 July  8.  100 

350  feet  south  of  Nellie  street  ef  50x150 September  7.  85 

200  feet  north  of  Cornelia  street  ef  100x225 .  . .  May  13.  95 

EXCHANGE  AVENUE. 

80  feet  south  of  90th  street  ef  25x138 April  1.  58 

255  feet  south  of  90th  street  ef  25x138 February  23.  56 

180  feet  south  of  97th  street  wf  25x138 September  30.      48 


54:      REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

FAIRFIELD  AVENUE. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

S  W  cor  of  Cortland  street  ef  25x126 May  20.  $  50 

150  feet  south  of  North  avenue  wf  50x125 June  14.  40 

150  feet  north  of  Thompson  street  wf  25x125 .  .May  12.  50 

3  E  cor  of  Thompson  street  wf  25x125 June  20.  60 

234  feet  north  of  Fulton  street  wf  24x125 April  1.  49 

North  of  Fulton  street  wf  24x109 July  19.  50 

210  feet  south' of  18th  street  wf  40x125 April  4.  52 

South  of  18th  street  wf  48x125 March  1.  41 

320  feet  north  of  22d  street  ef  25x125 May  28.  60 

FIFTEENTH  STREET. 

137  feet  east  of  Jefferson  street  sf  25x75 February  11.  100 

B4  feet  west  of  Loomis  street  sf  36x124 August  15.  55 

L35  feet  east  of  California  avenue  nf  66x280.  .  .May  2.  53 

54  feet  east  of  Talman  avenue  sf  27x132 August  23.  37 

50TH  TO  59TH  STREETS  (Inclusive). 
50th  st — Bet.  St.  Lawrence  and  Champlain  aves. 

nf  52x127 September  1,  92 

50th  st — 160  feet  east  of  Cottage  Grove  avenue 

nf  50x200 December  10.  180 

>0th  st — 161  feet  west  of  Vincennes  avenue  nf 

25x122 October  25.  100 

>0th  st— S  W  cor  of  Winter  street  nf  125x125. October  1.  31 

>lst  st— 45  ft  west  of  Ada  street  sf  50x124 May  13.  40 

>lst  st— 145  feet  west  of  Robey  street  nf  50x125.  July  6.  23 
>lst  st — Bet.  Trumbull  and  Turner  avenues  nf 

75x125 , May  31.  32 

>2d    st— 66  feet  west  of  Robey  street  sf  25x125 .  March  23.  40 

>3d    st— 50  feet  east  of  Peoria  street  nf  30x124. .  May  28.  39 

>4th  st— S  W  cor  of  Kimbark  av  nf  187x150.  .July  6.  99 

>5th  st— S  W  cor  of  Blanchard  av  nf  225x128. September  30.  20 

>6th  st— 300  feet  east  of  Indiana  av  nf  50x135 .August  20.  100 

>6th  st — 75  feet  west  of  Stewart  av  nf  25x140.. Julv  6.  52 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.  55 

50TH  TO  59TH  STREETS — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

56th  st— 150  feet  west  of  Stewart  av  nf  25x140  .June  9.  I  50 

56th  st— S  E  cor  of  Wallace  st  nf  25x140 June  29.  80 

56th  st— N  E  cor  of  Wallace  st  sf  100x140 July  19.  80 

57th  st— 25  feet  east  of  Wallace  st  sf  25x125  .  .  March  30.  117 

57th  st— N  E  cor  of  Wright  st  sf  96x125 May  5.  52 

57th  st— 97  feet  west  of  Paulina  st  sf  48x120  . .  June  30.  40 

58th  st — 150  feet  east  Greenwood  av  sf  100x231  .October  17.  160 

58th  st— 150  feet  east  Greenwood  av  sf  100x231. November  1.  185 

59th  st— West  of  Woodlawn  av  sf  50x180 October  7.  200 

59th  st— 282  feet  east  of  School  st  nf  25x123 . .  December  12.  60 

59th  st— 100  feet  east  of  Emerald  av  sf  25x125.  June  30.  50 

59th  st— 75  feet  east  of  Emerald  av  nf  25x105. March  21.  44 

59th  st— S  W  cor  of  Emerald  av  nf  75x125 July  8.  53 

59th  st— 50  feet  west  of  Emerald  av  nf  50x .June  1.  41 

59th  st— S  W  cor  of  Morgan  st  nf  33x125 March  23.  30 

59th  st— S  W  cor  of  Carpenter  st  nf  40x125.  .  .August  2.  31 

59th  st— N  E  cor  of  Throop  st  sf  50x125 June  8.  30 

59th  st— S  W  cor  of  Roman  av  nf  70x125 April  5.  21 

40TH  TO  49TH  STREETS  (Inclusive). 

40th  st--(W)Bet.  North  &  Prince  av  wf  100x124.  August  13.  24 

40th  st— (W)  155  ft  s  of  Park  av  ef  25x125..  . .  June  2.  40 

40th  sW-(W)  23  ft  n  Washington  st  wf  48x124.  June  28.  42 

40th  st— (W)  249  ft  n  of  13th  st  ef  24x125 August  31.  41 

41st  st— (S)  249  ft  w  Vincennes  av  nf  25x113.  .May  2.  120 

41st  st— (S)  120  ft  e  of  Leavitt  st  nf  48x126.  .  .October  22.  27 

41st  st— (W)  155  ft  s  Randolph  st  ef  25x125.  .  .April  27.  100 

41st  st— (W)  200  ft  n  Washington  st  ef  50x126 .  June  25.  40 

42d    st— (W)  150  ft  s  of  12th  st  wf  75x125 Sold  1895.  30 

42d    st— (S)  144  ft  e  of  Stewart  av  sf  25x124.  .July  6.  76 

43d    st— (S)  75  ft  e  of  Union  st  sf  25x125 April  28.  100 

44th  st— (S)  260  ft  e  of  Vincennes  av  nf  50x .  May  9.  100 

44th  st — (S)  260  ft  e  of  Vincennes  av  nf  50x .  August  22.  120 


56          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

40TH  TO  49TH  STREETS — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

44th  st— (S)  96  ft  e  of  Winter  st  sf  25x126 July  20.  $  66 

44th  st— (W)  S  W  cor  of  Congress  stef  26x110.  August  25.  47 

44th  st— (W)  N  W  cor  of  Congress  st  ef  53x1 10 .  August  23.  38 

45th  st— (S)  146  ft  e  of  Evans  av  sf  24x111  .  .  .May  16.  200 

45th  st— (S)  25  ft  e  of  Champlain  av  nf  25x120.  August  22.  128 

45th  st— (S)  208  ft  w  of  Vincennes  avsf  113x125.  May  24.  125 

45th  st— (S)  48  ft  w  of  Wright  st  nf  25x125.  .  .September  20.  52 

45th  st— (S)  West  of  Western  av  nf  50x124..  . .  June  8.  20 

46th  st— (S)  148  ft  e  Vincennes  av  nf  25x . .  June  11.  97 

46th  st— (S)  216  ft  e  of  Grand  blvd  sf  33x125..  April  11.  150 

46th  st— (S)  199  ft  e  of  Grand  blvd  sf  33x125. .July  18.  150 

47th  st— (S)  134  ft  w  of  Langley  av  sf  50x— .  July  29.  175 

47th  st— (S)  S  E  cor  of  Champlain  av  nf  72x129 .  May  3.  210 

47th  st— (S)  130  ft  e  of  Prairie  av  nf  31x100  .  .March  2.  175 

47tb  st— (S)  24  ft  e  of  Honore  st  nf  24x125,.  .  .September  19.  42 

47th  st— (S)  16  ft  e  of  Wallace  st  sf  25x125..  .  .May  16.  68 

47th  st— (S)  West  of  Halsted  st  nf  25x125 April  19.  72 

47th  st— (S)  Bet.  Halsted  &  Peoriastsnf  25x124.  April  9.  56 

47th  st— (S)  N  W  cor  of  Leavitt  st  sf  75x123  .  .April  20.  16 

47th  st— (S)  300  ft  e  of  Oakley  av  nf  75x125 .  .February  17.  20 

48th  st— (S)  141  ft  w  of  Halsted  st  nf  25x124.  .April  9.  55 

48th  st— (S)  266  ft  w  of  Halsted  st  sf  25x124.  .April  9.  60 

48th  st— (S)  183  ft  e  of  Aberdeen  st  sf  24x125  .August  29.  46 

48th  st— (S)  350  ft  e  of  Oakley  av  sf  50x125.  .  .  July  1.  20 

48th  st— (W)  75  ft  e  of  Delia  st  wf  25x125 February  24.  40 

49th  st— (S)  232  ft  w  Drexel  blvd  sf  120x178  . .  August  15.  175 

49th  st— (S)  S  W  cor  Greenwood  av  nf  197x110 .  Sold  1899.  139 
49th  st — (S)  Bet.  Prairie  and  Calumet  avenues  sf 

100x37 June  13.  60 

FOURTEENTH  STREET. 

125  feet  east  of  Laflin  street  nf  25x124 December  13.  100 

48  feet  east  of  Paulina  street  sf  48x124 May  1.  62 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.  57 
FRANCISCO  STREET. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

175  feet  north  of  Augusta  street  ef  37x123 February  12.    $  38 

S  W  cor  of  Augusta  street  ef  50x123 June  11.  50 

Near  Walnut  street  wf  26x206 August  1.  100 

191  feet  north  of  VanBuren  street  wf  25x126.  .July  2.  62 

141  feet  north  of  VanBuren  street  ef  25x126.  .  .January  1.  80 

FULLERTON    AVENUE. 

142  feet  west  of  Orchard  street  sf  25x140 July  15.  180 

73  feet  west  of  Seminary  avenue  sf  25x150  . .  .  .March  3.  120 

75  feet  west  of  Ashland  avenue  sf  25x125 May  4.  162 

75  feet  east  of  Sobieski  street  nf  25x125 August  30.  50 

169  feet  west  of  Western  avenue  sf  24x141 . .  .  .April  2.  50 

144  feet  west  of  Fairview  avenue  sf  48x141 . .  , . March  28.  50 

East  of  Humboldt  avenue  nf  25x125 December  8.  40 

266  feet  east  of  Simons  avenue  nf  25x November  18.  40 

165  feet  east  of  Morrison  avenue  sf  25x125 . .  .  .November  11.  48 

N  W  cor  of  49th  street  sf  100x124 February  24.  12 

Between  49th  and  50th  streets  nf  200x118 January  21.  20 

FULTON  STREET. 

N  W  cor  of  Jefferson  street  sf  150x170 Sold  1899.  833 

S  E  cor  of  Carpenter  street  nf  100x100 Sold  1899.  146 

171  feet  west  of  Western  avenue  nf  24x110. .  . .  Aprill  11.  75 

325  feet  west  of  California  avenue  sf  25x150.  . .  July  18.  -  72 

125  feet  east  of  Francisco  street  nf  25x150  . .  .  .Sold  1898.  108 

N  W  cor  of  Sacramento  avenue  sf  39x149 March  18.  99 

75  feet  west  of  Albany  avenue  sf  50x148 April  18.  68 

West  of  Kedzie  avenue  nf  25x150 April  15.  72 

220  feet  west  of  Kedzie  avenue  nf  25x150 June  15.  84 

545  feet  west  of  Kedzie  avenue  sf  25x150 May  10.  80 

612  feet  west  of  Kedzie  avenue  nf  24x150 July  27.  82 

156  feet  east  of  Homan  avenue  sf  25x150 .September  12.      84 

Near  Central  Park  avenue  nf  30x210 April  25.  75 

176  feet  west  of  44th  street  sf  125x August  10.  28 

300  feet  east  of  48th  street  nf  25x108 February  6.  40 


58       REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 
GARFIELD  BOULEVARD. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

50  feet  west  of  Armour  avenue  sf  50x100 July  10.  $  56 

175  feet  west  of  Stewart  avenue  nf  25x141 March  15.  120 

310  feet  west  of  Stewart  avenue  nf  25x141 March  31.  125 

65  feet  east  of  Wallace  street  nf  30x140 April  30.  66 

69  feet  east  of  Winter  street  sf  25x124. September  19.  55 

44  feet  east  of  Winter  street  sf  25x124 October  25.  74 

S  W  cor  of  Emerald  avenue  nf  150x130 May  26.  93 

132  feet  west  of  Aberdeen  street  nf  25x148 . .  . .  June  9.  80 

33  feet  west  of  May  street  nf  25x140 June  15.  80 

100  feet  east  of  Loomis  street  nf  25x150 March  16.  60 

73  feet  east  of  Laflin  street  nf  48x125 July  15.  52 

N  E  cor  of  Winchester  avenue  sf  57x125 July  6.  44 

75  feet  west  of  Winchester  avenue  sf  50x125. .  .May  17.  34 

75  feet  east  of  Lincoln  street  sf  25x150 April  8.  48 

107  feet  west  of  Lincoln  street  sf  25x125 October  25.  44 

48  feet  west  of  Hoyne  avenue  nf  48x125 October  5.  52 

S  W  cor  of  Fillniore  street  ef  26x140 February  7.  47 

90  feet  north  of  Polk  street  ef  25x150 December  3.  80 

GRACELAND  AVENUE. 

304  feet  west  of  Southport  avenue  sf  50x127.  .  .October  24.  37 

S  W  cor  of  Commercial  avenue  nf  125x125  . .  .  .May  27.  44 

S  E  cor  of  Woodside  avenue  nf  49x125 April  20.  41 

GRAND  AVENUE. 

N  W  cor  of  Kedzie  avenue  sf  50x152 August  6.  62 

S  W  cor  of  Central  Park  avenue  nf  24x July  29.  41 

96  feet  east  of  Springfield  avenue  nf  48x125..  .  .September  30.  33 

160  feet  east  of  Harding  avenue  sf  24x125 April  2.  41 

48  feet  east  of  Howard  street  sf  168x April  26.  20 

N  E  cor  of  43d  street  sf  50x125 December  20.  30 

N  W  cor  of  45th  street  sf  121x .  .October  6.  25 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.  59 
GRAND  BOULEVARD. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

Between  36th  and  37th  streets  ef  30x April  25.        $  325 

Opposite  38th  street  wf  132x297 April  27.  350 

.25  feet  south  of  40th  street  wf  25x150 ,Sold  1898.  192 

.00  feet  south  of  41st  street  wf  25x125 October  18.  320 

>  W  cor  of  42d  street  ef  50x150.    June  20.  390 

.00  feet  south  of  43d  street  ef  48x150 August  2.  312 

t97  feet  north  of  45th  street  ef  50x150 July  15.  350- 

19  feet  south  of  45th  street  wf  25x150 May  21.  325 

.00  feet  south  of  47th  street  ef  50x150 August  2.  300 

540  feet  south  of  47th  street  ef  50x150 ...  .July  15.  323 

140  feet  south  of  47th  street  ef  50x150 Sold  1899.  300 

tf  E  cor  of  Vincennes  place  wf  140x150 July  5.  312 

.95  feet  south  of  49th  street  wf  50x150 October  29.  260 

J50  feet  north  of  50th  street  wf  100x150 October  29.  265 

500  feet  north  of  50th  street  wf  50x150.  . . November  7.  280- 

JOO  feet  north  of  50th  street  wf  50x150 November  15.  305- 

>  E  cor  of  50th  street  wf  250x150 October  29.  260 

GREEN  STREET. 

5  E  cor  of  Congress  street  wf  100x125 January  28.  300 

Between  56th  and  57th  streets  wf  66x122 March  26.  38 

tOO  feet  north  of  57th  street  wf  43x122 November  26.  40 

>  E  cor  of  68th  street  wf  94x125 August  1.  48 

519  feet  south  of  68th  street  wf  25x125 September  13.  40 

.48  feet  north  of  74th  street  wf  50x121 August  5.  22 

06  feet  south  of  74th  street  ef  50x125 March  28.  20 

150  feet  south  of  83d  street  wf  '50x125 October  8.  20 

GREENWOOD  AVEN-UE. 

>  W  cor  of  49th  street  ef  110x197 Sold  1899.  250 

.75  feet  south  of  61st  street  ef  65x170 August  27.  69 

tOO  feet  north  of  62d  street  ef  50x173 August  6.  95 

100  feet  north  of  62d  street  ef  50x173 November  14.  100- 

.25  feet  north  of  63d  street  wf  132x180. .        . .  June  29.  75- 


•60          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

GREENWOOD  AVENUE — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

S  E  cor  of  65th  street  wf  100x126 April  16.  $  74 

73  feet  south  of  66th  street  wf  25x125 March  31.  60 

198  feet  north  of  67th  street  ef  50x126 June  28.  55 

N  E  cor  of  72d  street  wf  56x125 May  9.  54 

JS  W  cor  of  91st  street  ef  57x124 April  24.  20 

HALSTED  STREET. 

222  feet  south  of  Addison  street  ef  25x123 April  6.  63 

153  feet  north  of  Sulzer  street  ef  100x175 September  24.    100 

153  feet  north  of  Sulzer  street  ef  50x175 November  23.     100 

125  feet  north  of  Belmont  avenue  ef  25x180  .  .  .November  10.    100 

150  feet  south  of  Belden  avenue  ef  25x125 October  6. 

116  feet  north  of  Ohio  street  ef  20x116 October  13. 

596  feet  north  of  Polk  street  ef  25x120 March  25. 

192  feet  north  of  26th  street  wf  24x100 November  25. 

215  feet  north  of  27th  street  ef  25x103.. , August  24. 

287  feet  north  of  33d  street  wf  25x125 July  12. 

80  feet  south  of  35th  street  ef  25x130 April  23. 

250  feet  south  of  39th  street  wf  50x126 April  8. 

173  feet  north  of  53d  street  wf  25x125 August  1. 

100  feet  north  of  64th  street  wf  25x145 October  1. 

325  feet  south  of  64th  street  wf  25x100 March  2. 

175  feet  south  of  70th  street  wf  25x117 August  23. 

200  feet  south  of  72d  street  wf  25x125 July  20. 

83  feet  north  of  74th  street  ef  25x121 August  26. 

225  feet  north  of  75th  street  ef  25x121 November  12. 

241  feet  south  of  79th  street  wf  60x100 April  2. 

•241  feet  south  of  79th  street  wf  60x100 May  28. 

77  feet  south  of  81st  street  wf  25x119 February  15. 

.S  W  cor  of  94th  street  ef  100x125 February  25. 

175  feet  south  of  97th  street  ef  75x125 December  7. 

125  feet  north  of  99th  street  ef  50x125 April  2. 


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HAMLIN  AVENUE. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

Bet.  Fullerton  and  Mentmore  avenues  ef  96x125.  March  12.         $  14 

S  W  cor  of  Armitage  avenue  ef  110x125 March  31.  36 

Bet.  Prince  and  Frederick  streets  ef  72x125..  .  .September  23.  25 

166  feet  north  of  Division  street  ef  25x . .  .  .March  1.  46 

S  E  cor  of  Ohio  street  wf  33x126 October  12.  50 

95  feet  north  of  Indiana  street  ef  32x121 April  18.  32 

230  feet  north  of  19th  street  ef  50x116 June  17.  20 

S  E  cor  of  19th  street  wf  50x116. December  17.  42 

241  feet  north  of  27th  street  wf  48x124 March  28.  21 

125  feet  south  of  53d  street  ef  175x126 January  30.  15 

HARDING  AVENUE. 

75  feet  south  of  Augusta  street  ef  75x124 October  6.  20- 

141  feet  south  of  Chicago  avenue  wf  25x125..  .  .December  19.  40 
816  feet  south  of  Chicago  avenue  wf  25x125..  .  .September  23.     46 

202  feet  north  of  27th  street  ef  100x125 March  1.  16- 

HARRISON  STREET. 

75  feet  west  of  Loomis  street  sf  50x125 January  8.  150s 

58  feet  west  of  Hermitage  avenue  nf  75x120.  .  .July  15.  150 

120  feet  west  of  Oakley  avenue  nf  24x125 May  18.  84 

150  feet  west  of  Oakley  avenue  sf  25x125 ....  .August  25.  100 

150  feet  west  of  Campbell  avenue  sf  25x124 March  9.  60 

291  feet  east  of  Rockwell  street  nf  25x125 September  16.  80 

50  feet  east  of  Francisco  street  sf  25x154 April  30.  62 

75  feet  east  of  Sacramento  avenue  nf  75x128.  .  .March  21.  44 

75  feet  east  of  Sacramento  avenue  sf  25x154.  .  .May  23.  60 

178  feet  west  of  Sacramento  avenue  sf  25x154.  .December  5.  75 

200  feet  west  of  Sacramento  avenue  nf  25x125.. September  17.  61 

275  feet  west  of  Sacramento  avenue  nf  25x125.. October  25.  62 

202  feet  east  of  Albany  avenue  nf  25x125 August  20.  52 

102  feet  west  of  Albany  avenue  sf  25x124 August  9.  48 

127  feet  west  of  Albany  avenue  sf  25x124 May  17.  40 

Near  St.  Louis  avenue  sf  25x125 April  1.  60 


62         REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

HARRISON  STREET — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

West  of  St.  Louis  avenue  sf  125x125 .November  21.  $  50 

125  feet  east  of  Central  Park  avenue  sf  25x132. December  3. 

72  feet  east  of  Lawndale  arenue  nf  25x120 February  5. 

Near  Bonney  avenue  sf  50x125 August  23. 

25  feet  east  of  40th  street  nf  25x76 March  23. 

225  feet  east  of  43d  street  sf  25x124 October  25. 

N  W  cor  of  43d  street  sf  50x125 August  23. 

75  feet  west  of  43d  street  sf  25x125 .October  5. 

75  feet  west  of  44th  street  nf  25x125 November  25. 

N  E  cor  of  45th  street  sf  50x125 , October  5. 

N  E  cor  of  46th  street  sf  26x125 August  25. 

HARVARD  STREET. 

141  feet  west  of  California  avenue  nf  24x125.  .  .August  17. 
S  E  cor  of  Francisco  street  nf  50x125 November  23. 

76  feet  west  of  Sacramento  avenue  sf  25x125.  .  .December  8. 

HOMAN  AVENUE. 

141  feet  south  of  Irving  Park  blvd.  ef  50x124.  .Sold  1898. 
149  feet  north  of  Huron  street  wf  100x125 . .  .  .February  2. 

N  W  cor  of  Ohio  street  ef  48x125 September  21. 

Between  Indiana  and  Kinzie  streets  ef  25x122.  .January  16. 

141  feet  south  of  Monroe  street  wf  24x . .  .  .July  27. 

50  feet  north  of  VanBuren  street  wf  50x130..  .  .June  1. 

Near  VanBuren  street  ef  25x116 March  12. 

62  feet  south  of  Fillmore  street  wf  40x125 September  20. 

Near  19th  street  ef  25x100 February  1. 

125  feet  north  of  21st  street  wf  50x125 .September  20. 

225  feet  south  of  21st  street  wf  50x125 Sold  1899. 

N  E  cor  of  23d  street  wf  53x125 November  12. 

156  feet  south  of  23d  street  wf  50x125 October  26. 

125  feet  south  of  25th  street  wf  100x125 September  1. 

173  feet  north  of  26th  street  ef  29x125..  .August  25. 


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HONORE  STREET. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

S  W  cor  of  70th  street  ef  99x125 June  9.  $  50 

74  feet  south  of  70th  street  wf  25x125 April  18.  45 

273  feet  north  of  71st  street  wf  30x125 July  6.  42 

243  feet  north  of  71st  street  wf  30x125 May  9.  40 

42  feet  north  of  71st  street  ef  33x124 February  20.  48 

198  feet  north  of  80th  street  ef  50x140 August  8.  50 

232  feet  north  of  86th  street  ef  50x125 September  1.  24 

HOUSTON  AVENUE. 

100  feet  south  of  80th  street  wf  50x124 July  27.  40 

N  W  cor  of  83d  place  ef  25x June  16.  40 

200  feet  south  of  86th  street  ef  25x125.  . September  6.  40 

HOYNE  AVENUE. 

Between  Armitage  and  Homer  streets  ef  96x100  .June  2.  25 

72  feet  north  of  Augusta  street  ef  48x103 March  26.  50 

22  feet  south  of  33d  street  ef  24x125 November  23.  64 

189  feet  north  of  34th  street  wf  24x126 November  5.  54 

Between  50th  and  51st  streets  wf  100x125 November  7.  36 

177  feet  south  of  70th  street  ef  150x125 March  29.  8 

HUMBOLDT  AVENUE  AND  BOULEVARD. 

24  feet  west  of  Laurel  street  nf  96x166 July  9.  29 

145  feet  west  of  Laurel  street  nf  50x November  26.  42 

98  feet  west  of  Hoffman  avenue  nf  24x166 May  17.  62 

N  E  cor  of  Thomas  avenue  sf  49x125 May  2.  50 

100  feet  south  of  Bloomington  ave.  wf  100x150.  July  6.  60 

366  feet  south  of  Fullerton  avenue  ef  100x213.  .October  4.  65 

HURON  STREET. 

125  feet  east  of  Ashland  avenue  sf  25x123 May  21.  104 

216  feet  east  of  Leavitt  street  sf  48x121 April  12.  62 

144  feet  east  of  Oakley  avenue  sf  72x121 September  26.  35 

194  feet  west  of  Seymour  street  sf  48x100 September  15.  21 

East  of  Washtenaw  avenue  sf  25x122..               .  .October  10.  50 


64          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

HURON  STREET — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

121  feet  west  of  Kedzie  avenue  sf  48x108 October  18.  $  35 

N  W  cor  of  Springfield  avenue  sf  58x125 August  22.  33 

48  feet  east  of  Avers  avenue  nf  70x110 August  1.  26 

277  feet  west  of  46th  street  nf  25x120 January  1.  46 

INDIANA  STREET. 

75  feet  west  of  St.  Clair  street  nf  25x100 November  14.  240 

75  feet  west  of  Franklin  street  nf  25x100 October  27.  250 

West  of  Leavitt  street  nf  48x105 July  5.  70 

INDIANA  AVENUE. 

South  of  32d  street  wf  25x125 May  31. 

247  feet  north  of  39th  street  ef  25x171 July  1. 

160  feet  north  of  40th  street  wf  25x160 August  5. 

S  E  cor  of  40th  street  wf  40x160 March  15. 

South  of  41st  street  wf  25x160 October  26. 

South  of  41st  street  wf  25x160 May  12. 

300  feet  south  of  42d  street  wf  50x160 October  12. 

Near  45th  street  ef  25x160 April  29. 

190  feet  south  of  45th  street  ef  25x161 September  8. 

215  feet  south  of  45th  street  ef  25x161 September  10. 

48  feet  north  of  47th  street  ef  50x160 June  22. 

200  feet  south  of  47th  street  ef  25x160 April  28. 

225  feet  south  of  47th  street  ef  25x160 April  5. 

S  W  cor  of  48th  street  ef  100x160 June  29. 

Between  48th  and  49th  streets  wf  162x May  21. 

100  feet  south  of  48th  street  ef  100x160 October  11. 

150  feet  north  of  50th  street  wf  148x160 April  19. 

N  W  cor  of  51st  street  ef  100x160 May  7. 

300  feet  north  of  53d  street  wf  150x170 October  1. 

100  feet  south  of  53d  street  ef  25x160 January  21. 

325  feet  south  of  55th  street  ef  25x160 August  10. 

288  feet  north  of  59th  street  ef  25x160 September  15.    130 

N  E  cor  of  60th  street  wf  133x160 7  ..  ..August  8.  115 


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INDIANA  AVENUE — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

S  E  cor  of  60th  street  wf  100x188 February  10.  $136 

Near  62d  street  ef  50x190 February  26.  100 

300  feet  north  of  68th  street  ef  50x160 February  25.  45 

200  feet  north  of  73d  street  ef  50x160 April  6.  50 

148  feet  north  of  75th  street  ef  50x160 July  21.  30 

158  feet  south  of  79th  street  ef  80x160 March  21.  37 

158  feet  south  of  79th  street  ef  40x160 October  26.  40 

N  W  cor  of  80th  street  ef  120x160 August  20.  46 

48  feet  north  of  100th  street  ef  50x June  2.  28 

South  of  103d  street  wf  200x June  13.  15 

33  feet  south  of  110th  street  ef  99x126 Sold  1898.  25 

S  W  cor  of  113th  street  ef  54x136 June  12.  25 

JACKSON  BOULEVARD. 

350  feet  east  of  Halsted  street  nf  25x165    May  20.  560 

280  feet  west  of  Morgan  street  nf  96x180 December  11.  187 

55  feet  west  of  Loomis  street  nf  50x140 January  15.  113 

West  of  Rockwell  street  nf  50x100 May  14.  50 

135  feet  west  of  Francisco  street  sf  25x121 . .  .  .August  4.  80 

224  feet  west  of  Sacramento  avenue  sf  25x125.  .April  29.  94 

73  feet  east  of  Whipple  street  sf  24x125 October  29.  116 

49  feet  east  of  Whipple  street  sf  24x125 August  15.  104 

98  feet  west  of  Whipple  street  nf  24x100 October  18.  92 

324  feet  west  of  Kedzie  avenue  sf  25x181 December  6.  112 

50  feet  east  of  Homan  avenue  sf  25x124 July  21.  116 

N  E  cor  of  Homan  avenue  sf  25x142 January  12.  128 

125  feet  east  of  St.  Louis  avenue  sf  50x142. .  .  .December  7.  120 

N  E  cor  of  St.  Louis  avenue  sf  125x142 March  2.  150 

350  feet  west  of  40th  street  nf  25x125 ....  February  11.  40 

151  feet  east  of  41st  street  nf  50x125 April  12.  40 

176  feet  west  of  41st  street  sf  50x121 June  1.  44 

50  feet  east  of  42d  street  nf  25x124  .                 ,  .December  15.  42 


66          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

JACKSON  BOULEVARD — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.        Per  Front  Foot 

N  E  cor  of  42d  street  sf  50x121 , July  6.  $  54 

N  W  cor  of  43d  street  sf  50x125 Sold  1895.  60 

S  E  cor  of  45th  street  nf  50x125 September  5.  26 

JEFFERSON  AVENUE. 

176  feet  south  of  55th  street  wf  25x150 July  22.  150 

50  feet  north  of  80th  street  wf  50x115 September  12.  28 

JEFFERSON  STREET. 

S  W  cor  of  VanBuren  street  ef  150x120 Sold  1899.  450 

250  feet  north  of  Harrison  street  ef  50x93 April  25.  124 

25  feet  north  of  Ewing  street  ef  25x100 July  6.  100 

207  feet  south  of  82d  street  ef  75x115 October  19.  40 

200  feet  south  of  88th  street  ef  50x125 February  10.  20 

North  of  89th  street  wf  30x132 June  14.  33 

Between  99th  and  100th  street  wf  175x125 April  4.  13 

N  W  cor  of  101st  street  ef  48x125 May  12.  37 

KEDZIE  AVENUE. 

141  feet  north  of  Diversey  avenue  wf  51x125.  .September  7.  23 

Near  Humboldt  boulevard  ef  50x247 March  28.  36 

N  W  cor  of  Cortland  street  ef  53x177 September  19.  50 

216  feet  north  of  North  avenue  wf  25x104 Sold  1897.  40 

207  feet  north  of  Division  street  ef  25x125 . .  .  .September  12.  52 

49  feet  north  of  Congress  street  ef  24x114 June  26.  48 

N  W  cor  of  Flournoy  street  ef  49x125 September  26.  100 

83  feet  south  of  Lexington  street  wf  25x136.  .  .November  30.  52 

72  feet  north  of  Grenshaw  street  ef  24x125 . .  .  .July  9.  44 

234  feet  south  of  12th  street  ef  25x125 September  26.  66 

N  W  cor  of  15th  street  ef  25x125 July  20.  62 

75  feet  south  of  16th  street  ef  25x125 May  16.  62 

241  feet  south  of  22d  street  ef  25x125 August  8.  40 

228  feet  north  of  23d  street  wf  25x126 October  26.  40 

103  feet  north  of  23d  street  wf  25x125 October  24.  40 

28  feet  north  of  23d  street  ef  25x125 May  20.  40 


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KEDZIE  AVENUE — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

50  feet  south  of  25th  street  ef  50x125 September  1.    $  31 

N  E  cor  of  27th  street  wf  36x125 September  16.  41 

Between  Williams  and  38th  streets  wf  25x125.  .April  27.  14 

162  feet  south  of  Bloomington  ave.  ef  50x177.  .April  25.  36 

N  W  cor  of  61st  street  ef  125x124 Sold  1898.  38 

KIMBARK  AVENUE. 

46  feet  north  of  58th  street  wf  100x175 March  25.  120 

•47  feet  south  of  58th  street  wf  50x188 October  7.  160 

KINZIE  STREET. 

25  feet  west  of  Market  street  sf  25x104 September  1.  500 

N  E  cor  of  Union  street  sf  40x75 October  11.  195 

S  W  cor  of  Green  street  nf  75x100 October  26.  400 

84  feet  east  of  Homan  avenue  48x150.  . . March  10.  39 

140  feet  west  of  St.  Louis  avenue  nf  100x150.  .Sold  1898.  40 

LAFLIN  STREET. 

337  feet  south  of  Polk  street  ef  24x125 March  26.  92 

Between  22d  street  and  the  river  wf  lOOx .  . .  June  27.  125 

250  feet  south  of  52d  street  wf  50x125 February  16.  30 

173  feet  north  of  55th  street  ef  50x125 November  9.  29 

N  E  cor  of  57th  street  wf  97x125 January  4.  41 

N  E  cor  of  57th  street  wf  97x125 June  9.  41 

125  feet  south  of  58th  street  wf  49x124 July  7.  24 

148  feet  north  of  65th  street  wf  50x124 March  9.  20 

200  feet  north  of  86th  street  wf  50x124 August  5.  20 

S  W  cor  of  86th  street  ef  65x125 May  2.  20 

89  feet  south  of  86th  street  wf  50x125 August  12.  24 

189  feet  south  of  86th  street  ef  50x126 September  21.  20 

191  feet  north  of  87th  street  wf  50x125 April  7.  20 

LAKE  STREET. 

90  feet  west  of  Union  street  nf  30x150 June  21.  566 

S  E  cor  of  Morgan  street  nf  50x100 September  21.  250 

125  feet  west  of  Western  avenue  nf  50x100. .  .  .September  29.    105 


68          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

LAKE  STREET — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

300  feet  west  of  Staunton  street  nf  25x99 March  1.  $120 

348  feet  west  of  Campbell  avenue  nf  25x99 ....  Sold  1898.  80 

72  feet  east  of  Fairfield  avenue  nf  25x80 February  18.  60 

West  of  Fairfield  avenue  nf  25x181 .  .May  19.  72 

90  feet  west  of  Sacramento  avenue  nf  25x .  .March  4.  100 

West  of  Hamlin  avenue  nf  25x180 October  24.  100 

East  of  40th  street  nf  25x190 , November  15.  80 

N  W  cor  of  45th  street  sf  55x June  6.  43 

60  feet  east  of  49th  street  sf  25x May  12.  45 

LAKE  AVENUE. 

112  feet  north  of  Pier  street  wf  50x— July  21.  170 

349  feet  north  of  41st  street  ef  104x180 July  16.  288 

Between  44th  and  45th  streets  wf  30x July  20.  200 

Near  46th  street  wf  31x125 February  15.  200 

S  W  cor  of  49th  street  ef  250x107 Sold  1895.  240 

Between  52d  and  53d  streets  wf  50x July  23.  212 

202  feet  north  of  55th  street  wf  100x150 April  1.  142 

75  feet  south  of  56th  street  ef  25x109 October  17.  200 

N  W  cor  of  73d  street  ef  110x216 June  15.  50 

S  W  cor  of  78th  street  ef  187x200 December  21.  53 

LAKE  SHORE  DRIVE. 

N  W  cor  of  Oak  street  ef  108x122 May  2.  840 

LANGLEY  AVENUE. 

300  feet  north  of  43d  street  ef  25x134 February  18.  108 

77  feet  south  of  46th  street  wf  25x121 January  13.  110 

202  feet  south  of  46th  street  wf  25x127 August  18.  106 

377  feet  south  of  46th  street  wf  50x120 August  15.  140 

200  feet  south  of  49th  street  ef  50x125 November  15.  100 

250  feet  north  of  50th  street  ef  50x125 June  2.  75 

145  feet  north  of  64th  street  ef  25x122 April  30.  60 

S  E  cor  of  65th  street  wf  96x121 April  1.  79 


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LANGLEY  AVENUE — Continued. 

Description.  .       Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

N  E  cor  of  66th  street  wf  125x121 June  10.  $  56 

Between  66th  and  67th  streets  wf  25x121    July  22.  40 

S  W  cor  of  68th  street  ef  125x122 December  10.  52 

225  feet  south  of  68th  street  25x122 September  6.  40 

250  feet  south  of  68th  street  ef  25x122 September  16.      40 

321  feet  south  of  72d  street  ef  100x125 August  24.  40 

125  feet  south  of  73d  street  ef  50x125 September  9.  37 

129  feet  north  of  75th  street  wf  60x126 January  20.  75 

LA&ALLE  AVENUE. 

N  W  cor  of  Locust  street  ef  98x127 February  10.  400 

LASALLE  STREET. 

100  feet  south  of  31st  street  ef  25x120 July  11.  72 

Near  36th  street  ef  24x120 June  1.  83 

S  W  cor  of  53d  street  ef  32x . April  9.  68 

445  feet  north  of  59th  street  wf  25x122 September  7.  50 

161  feet  north  of  61st  street  ef  30x132 March  7.  53 

216  feet  south  of  119th  street  wf  50x120 June  1.  20 

LAWNDALE  AVENUE. 

211  feet  south  of  North  avenue  ef  llOx . .  ..September  27.  12 

175  feet  south  of  Huron  street  wf  25x125 December  1.  40 

188  feet  south  of  Colorado  avenue  wf  25x118.  .October  5.  40 

316  feet  north  of  Harrison  street  wf  25x118.  .  .June  4.  40 

N  E  cor  of  15th  street  wf  50x125 Sold  1898.  60 

120  feet  south  of  19th  street  wf  48x125 June  13.  42 

216  feet  south  of  20th  street  wf  48x125 May  7.  33 

48  feet  south  of  26th  street  wf  48x125 March  28.  32 

150  feet  south  of  52d  -street  wf  75x September  24.  24 

LEATITT  STREET. 

25  feet  south  of  Belle  Plain  avenue  ef  200x128. August  13.  44 

191  feet  south  of  Roscoe  boulevard  wf  50x124. March  31.  23 

45  feet  south  of  Fletcher  street  ef  25x125 July  11.  48 

96  feet  north  of  Ems  street  ef  25x100 February  24.  46 


70          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

LEAVITT  STREET — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

S  W  cor  of  Hamburg  street  ef  24x100 June  7.  $  48 

N  E  cor  of  Homer  street  wf  24x100 November  30.  54 

North  of  Congress  street  wf  25x120 December  22.  160 

Opposite  Campbell  Park  wf  32x96 June  13.  156 

185  feet  north  of  Moore  street  ef  25x125 December  15.  40 

160  feet  north  of  Moore  street  ef  25x125 March  25.  48 

S  W  cor  of  96th  street  ef  598x131 July  13.  10 

N  W  cor  of  97th  street  ef  298x124 July  1.  19 

LELAND  AVENUE. 

161  feet  east  of  Lyman  avenue  nf  38x121 April  27.  26 

75  feet  east  of  Lyman  avenue  nf  38x121 May  24.  26 

LEXINGTON  AVENUE. 

212  feet  north  of  55th  street  wf  25x164 August  18.  166 

N  W  cor  of  56th  street  ef  50x170 January  2.  150 

N  W  cor  of  56th  street  ef  50x170 September  26.  160 

198  feet  north  of  58th  street  wf  50x170 June  6.  87 

99  feet  north  of  58th  street  wf  75x170 June  28.  85 

N  E  cor  of  58th  street  wf  99x170 March  1.  84 

120  feet  north  of  62d  street  ef  25x170 April  7.  80 

120  feet  north  of  62d  street  ef  75x170 ....  September  12.  100 

50  feet  south  of  65th  street  ef  50x125 September  20.  85 

S  W  cor  of  66th  street  ef  98x125 May  14.  72 

LEXINGTON  STREET. 

Bet.  Washtenaw  and  California  aves.  nf  50x125.  June  28.  52 

76  feet  east  of  Francisco  street  nf  25x124 May  28.  48 

S  W  cor  of  Francisco  street  nf  50x100 May  6.  42 

225  feet  west  of  Francisco  street  nf  25x126 ....  March  9.  40 

225  feet  west  of  Francisco  street  nf  25x126. .  .  .October  11.  40 

51  feet  east  of  Albany  avenue  sf  25x125 January  16.  40 

West  of  Garfield  boulevard  nf  25x124 May  21.  40 

219  feet  west  of  Garfield  boulevard  nf  25x124.  .June  27.  40 

275  feet  east  of  West  39th  street  sf  50x123 February  2.  32 


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LINCOLN  AVENUE. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

N  E  cor  of  Hanson  avenue  wf  25x130 December  20.  $  48 

100  feet  north  of  Faye  street  wf  25x125 June  14.  46 

125  feet  south  of  Sultzer  street  wf  25x125 August  19.  40 

LINCOLN  STREET. 

175  feet  south  of  Thomas  street  wf  25x125 March  9.  44 

357  feet  north  of  Polk  street  ef  24x115 March  11.  83 

Opposite  Moore  street  wf  24x100 , January  26.  56 

72  feet  south  of  Moore  street  wf  48x100 June  2.  30 

S  E  cor  of  50th  street  wf  70x124 March  10.  17 

S  E  cor  of  52d  street  wf  50x124 May  2.  25 

192  feet  south  of  62d  street  ef  48x124 July  27.  25 

57  feet  north  of  86th  street  wf  100x126 January  25.  24 

166  feet  south  of  86th  street  ef  50x126 April  1.  22 

266  feet  north  of  87th  street  ef  50x126 May  12.  24 

214  feet  south  of  87th  street  wf  75x125 March  11.  16 

LOOMIS  STREET. 

241  feet  south  of  Archer  avenue  ef  50x Sold  1898.  36 

75  feet  south  of  48th  street  wf  24x125 March  16.  23 

157  feet  north  of  52d  street  ef  25x124. .  ....  . .  June  8.  50 

275  feet  south  of  53d  street  ef  25x125 May  21.  50 

300  feet  south  of  53d  street  ef  25x125 June  9.  52 

280  feet  north  of  60th  street  wf  25x125 June  4.  48 

N  W  cor  of  84th  street  ef  100x172 September  3.  26 

S  W  cor  of  84th  street  ef  100x124 October  4.  25 

100  feet  north  of  90th  street  wf  100x125 .  .May  1.  23 

100  feet  south  of  92d  street  ef  100x125 June  23.  20 

LOWE  AVENUE. 

50  feet  north  of  32d  street  wf  25x126 November  23.  49 

100  feet  south  of  33d  street  ef  27x125 November  26.  40 

462  feet  south  of  33d  street  ef  27x128 July  25.  36 

241  feet  north  of  35th  street  ef  25x125 June  7.  40 

192  feet  south  of  35th  street  wf  24x123. .        . .  June  6.  49 


72       REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

MADISON  AVENUE. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

327  feet  west  of  49th  street  wf  53x117 September  29.  $163 

Between  49th  and  50th  streets  wf  50x150 May  18.  168 

Between  49th  and  50th  streets  wf  50x150 October  26.  150 

200  feet  north  of  50th  street  wf  50x150 July  20.  200 

Between  50th  and  51st  streets  wf  18x150 May  9.  100 

100  feet  south  of  51st  street  ef  25x150 ,.  .  .October  26.  200 

96  feet  north  of  55th  street  ef  72x106 January  22.  99 

N  E  cor  of  56th  street  wf  144x150 December  9.  200 

163  feet  north  of  61st  street  wf  64x120 February  19.  125 

S  E  cor  of  61st  court  wf  125x125 March  14.  160 

100  feet  north  of  62d  street  ef  100x183 October  7.  200 

236  feet  south  of  63d  street  ef  50x165 October  11.  200 

S  W  cor  of  64th  street  ef  100x165 January  1.  150 

224  feet  south  of  73d  street  ef  50x125 January  22.  60 

174  feet  north  of  74th  street  wf  25x125 Sold  1898.  40 

141  feet  south  of  75th  street  wf  28x125*. June  25.  70 

43  feet  north  of  83d  street  wf  40x114 July  2.  38 

MADISON  STREET. 

225  feet  west  of  Desplaines  street  nf  50x190.  .  .June  1.  1,800 
225  feet  west  of  Desplaines  street  nf  50x190.  . .  June  21.          2,000 

25  feet  west  of  Sangamon  street  sf  25x100 Sold  1898.  800 

225  feet  east  of  Aberdeen  street  nf  25x120. .  .  .February  8.  672 

227  feet  west  of  Center  avenue  nf  22x189 June  23.  661 

249  feet  west  of  Center  avenue  nf  23x189 June  23.  661 

128  feet  west  of  Ashland  avenue  sf  300x125..  .  .September  15.  500 

223  feet  west  of  Western  avenue  nf  25x120 . .  .  .October  31.  200 

261  feet  west  of  Staunton  street  sf  24x126 May  1.  166 

243  feet  east  of  Sacramento  avenue  nf  24x .  .April  6.  175 

114  feet  east  of  Albany  avenue  sf  25x125 March  16.  200 

225  feet  east  of  Homan  avenue  nf  25x191 October  10.  180 

501  feet  west  of  40th  street  nf  25x121 May  31.  130 

200  feet  east  of  43d  street  nf  25x121 September  19.  80 


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MADISON  STREET — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

175  feet  east  of  43d  street  nf  25x121 October  5.  $  80 

N  E  cor  of  44th  street  sf  100x175 June  16.  102 

125  feet  west  of  44th  street  sf  25x175. June  22.  72 

MARSHFIELD  AVENUE. 

150  feet  south  of  York  street  ef  25x125 February  9.  120 

166  feet  south  of  Polk  street  wf  50x101 October  5.  137 

Between  Polk  and  Taylor  streets  ef  27x125  . .  .  .February  17.  Ill 

74  feet  north  of  Taylor  street  ef  48x133 May  17.  122 

307  feet  south  of  12th  street  wf  25x100 October  6.  80 

167  feet  north  of  37th  street  ef  24x125 March  25.  44 

163  feet  south  of  55th  street  ef  100x125 March  1.  24 

50  feet  south  of  57th  street  ef  50x125 July  13.  24 

250  feet  north  of  60th  street  wf  25x121 October  20.  40 

100  feet  south  of  60th  street  ef  50x125 April  24.  20 

123  feet  north  of  86th  street  ef  50x125 February  13.  24 

N  W  cor  of  86th  street  ef  59x125 February  1.  22 

N  E  cor  of  86th  street  wf  108x125 September  16.  28 

MARYLAND  AVENUE. 

80  feet  south  of  63d  place  wf  25x125 June  27.  65 

180  feet  north  of  64th  street  wf  25x125 September  27.  75 

73  feet  south  of  66th  street  ef  25x125 June  24.  64 

73  feet  south  of  66th  street  ef  25x125 October  3.  80 

98  feet  south  of  66th  street  ef  25x125 October  3.  80 

223  feet  north  of  67th  street  wf  25x125 August  6.  65 

MAY  STREET. 

Between  50th  and  52d  streets  wf  44x125 March  21.  34 

75  feet  south  of  64th  street  wf  50x125 March  28.  20 

Between  67th  and  68th  streets  ef  48x May  14.  29 

S  E  cor  of  70th  street  wf  195x125.. October  22.  23 

175  feet  south  of  74th  street  ef  25x125 October  18.  40 

23  feet  south  of  88th  street  ef  25x125 May  6.  13 

North  of  91st  street  wf  100x125..                       .  .October  8.  18 


74  HEAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

MEAD  STREET. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

S  W  cor  of  Cortland  street  ef  50x177 May  18.  $  32 

MICHIGAN  AVENUE. 

175  feet  north  of  13th  street  wf  25x130 January  2.       1,200 

300  feet  north  of  14th  street  wf  23x130 February  16.      870 

210  feet  north  of  14th  street  wf  30x130 July  21.  833 

242  feet  south  of  14th  street  wf  21x161 March  31.       1,049 

24  feet  south  of  25th  street  wf  24x110 June  20.  700 

350  feet  south  of  26th  street  ef  112x176 May  5.  580 

581  feet  north  of  29th  street  wf  30x160 June  1.  650 

150  feet  south  of  31st  street  wf  50x160 December  9.       600 

77  feet  north  of  35th  street  wf  75x143 Sold  1898.       1,000 

N  E  cor  of  35th  street  wf  152x143 August  20.      1,000 

S  W  cor  of  37th  court  ef  75x200 June  18.  600 

75  feet  south  of  37th  court  ef  25x191 June  3.  550 

206  feet  south  of  44th  street  wf  50x161 July  5.  340 

S  E  cor  of  46th  street  wf  75x161 July  23.  330 

S  W  cor  of  46th  street  ef  100x192 November  20.    210 

S  W  cor  of  46th  street  ef  100x192 Sold  1895.          300 

S  W  cor  of  47th  street  ef  100x160 Sold  1895.          325 

175  feet  south  of  49th  street  ef  25x160 September  26.    280 

Between  49th  and  50th  streets  wf  50x160 June  10.  220 

S  W  cor  of  50th  street  ef  50x160 June  20.  267 

296  feet  north  of  53d  street  ef  160x208 December  24.     225 

213  feet  north  of  53d  street  ef  50x— September  24.    250 

150  feet  south  of  53d  street  ef  50x161 July  20.  300 

198  feet  north  of  56th  street  ef  100x161 April  18.  170 

S  W  cor  of  56th  street  ef  100x192 June  20.  200 

N  W  cor  of  56th  street  ef  198x161 June  30.  185 

200  feet  south  of  56th  street  ef  lOOx July  1.  150 

N  W  cor  of  57th  street  ef  148x160 December  23.     128 

Between  57th  and  58th  streets  wf  100x161 October  13.        150 

Between  58th  and  59th  streets  wf  25x161 August  2.  150 


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MICHIGAN  AVENUE — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

40  feet  south  of  61st  street  ef  34x140 March  14.         $132 

248  feet  north  of  63d  street  ef  49x150 April  23.  100 

125  feet  north  of  68th  street  wf  25x160 October  8.  60 

100  feet  north  of  70th  street  ef  50x159 December  19.  50 

200  feet  south  of  77th  street  ef  100x100 March  22.  35 

S  E  cor  of  78th  street  \vf  325x160 April  19.  35 

835  feet  south  of  80th  street  ef  50x161 February  13.  30 

235  feet  south  of  80th  street  ef  50x161 July  20.  30 

N  E  cor  of  82d  street  wf  299x341 July  6.  60 

150  feet  north  of  83d  street  wf  50x341 February  15.  66 

200  feet  north  of  100th  street  wf  50x May  12.  21 

S  E  cor  of  100th  street  wf  58x September  15.  42 

South  of  103d  street  ef  72x June  13.  33 

53  feet  south  of  107th  street  wf  50x113 June  1.  20 

103  feet  south  of  107th  street  wf  50x113. .  . .  . .  June  1.  20 

N  W  cor  of  109th  street  ef  117x October  1.  42 

400  feet  north  of  lllth  street  wf  27x155 Sold  1898.  37 

MICHIGAN  STREET. 

N  E  cor  of  Cass  street  sf  60x100 Sold  1895.  750 

50  feet  east  of  State  street  sf  25x100 June  11.  500 

MILLARD  AVENUE. 

72  feet  south  of  26th  street  ef  24x125 May  23.  41 

216  feet  south  of  26th  street  ef  50x125 March  21.  24 

218  feet  north  of  27th  street  ef  48x125 May  25.  27 

170  feet  north  of  27th  street  ef  24x125 October  4.  40 

76  feet  south  of  27th  street  ef  36x125 May  7.  28 

141  feet  south  of  31st  street  ef  50x125 October  17.  20 

N  W  cor  of  53d  street  ef  125x September  24.  24 

MILWAUKEE  AVENUE. 

125  feet  south  of  Girard  street  wf  25x118 December  3.  160 

185  feet  south  of  Fullerton  avenue  wf  25x .  .May  31.  100 

Near  Fullerton  avenue  wf  25x May  11.  100 


76          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

MILWAUKEE  AVENUE — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

N  W  cor  of  Thomas  avenue  ef  25x110 June  10.  $  80 

Near  Thomas  avenue  ef  50x110 July  29.  80 

N  W  cor  of  Gresham  street  ef  50x125 October  3.  48 

125  feet  north  of  Belmont  avenue  wf  25x .  .  .May  24.  60 

325  feet  north  of  Belmont  avenue  ef  50x125 .  . .  May  24.  36 

200  feet  south  of  Wolfram  street  ef  50x ..  .  .October  1.  44 

50  feet  south  of  Wolfram  street  ef  25x October  1.  46 

S  W  cor  of  Lawrence  avenue  ef  50x188 December  9.  100 

MONROE  AVENUE. 

50  feet  south  of  54th  street  wf  25x76 March  12.  100 

100  feet  south  of  55th  street  ef  50x175 July  8.  125 

150  feet  south  of  55th  street  wf  150x175 .August  1.  200 

150  feet  south  of  56th  street  ef  50x175 February  6.  126 

198  feet  south  of  58th  street  wf  50x188.. February  1.  125 

MONROE  STREET. 

200  feet  west  of  Desplaines  street  nf  50x198.  .  .November  21.  800 

125  feet  west  of  Aberdeen  street  nf  25x188  ....  May  11.  200 

S  E  cor  of  Kedzie  avenue  nf  50x150 September  2.  170 

50  feet  east  of  Spaulding  avenue  sf  25x193 . .  .  .April  11.  120 

119  feet  west  of  Spaulding  avenue  nf  25x180.  .  .June  9.  110 

144  feet  west  of  Spaulding  avenue  sf  25x191.  .  .September  9.  120 

169  feet  west  of  Spaulding  avenue  nf  25x180.  . .  March  1.  115 

200  feet  east  of  Homan  avenue  sf  25x191 Sold  1895.  140 

75  feet  east  of  Homan  avenue  sf  25x191 June  15.  120 

S  W  cor  of  St.  Louis  avenue  nf  155x180 Sold  1898.  120 

220  feet  east  of  Central  Park  ave.  sf  50x191 .  .  .February  4.  125 

126  feet  west  of  40th  street  sf  25x121 April  20.  42 

S  E  cor  of  41st  street  nf  25x121 December  7.  50 

126  feet  west  of  41st  street  nf  25x121 May  16.  40 

150  feet  east  of  42d  street  sf  25x121 June  30.  54 

225  feet  west  of  42d  street  nf  26x121 October  10.  58 

200  feet  east  of  43d  street  sf  25x121 July  16.  48 


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MONROE  STREET — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

175  feet  east  of  43d  street  sf  25x121 August  10.        $  50 

76  feet  east  of  43d  street  sf  25x121 January  22.  42 

50  feet  east  of  43d  street  sf  25x121 March  18.  44 

75  feet  west  of  44th  street  nf  50x121 April  1.  40 

300  feet  west  of  44th  street  sf  25x121 May  2.  42 

200  feet  east  of  45th  street  sf  25x121 September  29.  44 

MORGAN  STREET. 

116  feet  south  of  VanBnren  street  wf  68x118  . .  June  20.  132 

192  feet  south  of  14th  street  wf  25x100 Sold  1898.  60 

800  feet  south  of  22d  street  wf  190x248 Sold  1898.  225 

53  feet  south  of  54th  street  wf  25x120 September  24.  48 

55  feet  north  of  56th  street  wf  25x125 October  27.  40 

172  feet  south  of  56th  street  wf  50x125 August  29.  32 

241  feet  south  of  59th  street  ef  25x125 April  6.  40 

50  feet  north  of  86th  street  wf  50x125 March  4.  20 

NINETEENTH  STREET. 

72  feet  east  of  Wood  street  sf  24x125 ,  .  .August  13.  62 

48  feet  east  of  Wood  street  sf  24x125 April  6.  45 

75  foet  west  of  Hoyno  avenue  sf  24x100 July  28.  62 

350  feet  east  of  Western  avenue  sf  25x125 May  4.  52 

250  feet  east  of  Western  avenue  sf  25x125 July  7.  46 

191  feet  east  of  48th  street  nf  50x125 September  8.  20 

90TH  TO  99TH  STREETS  (Inclusive.) 

90th  st— 188  ft  w  Cottage  Grove  av  sf  24x122. July  7.  42 

90th  st — 284  ft  w  Cottage  Grove  av  sf  24x122.  June  25.  50 
90th  st — Bet.   Cottage  Grove  and  St.  Lawrence 

avenues  sf  25x121 April  18.  40 

91st  st — 75  ft  w  of  Mackinaw  av  sf  25x135 June  28.  40 

91st  st— 100  ft  w  of  Buffalo  av  sf  25x125 October  19.  40 

91st  st— 125  ft  w  of  Erie  av  nf  25x135 June  4.  54 

91st  st— 125  ft  w  of  Exchange  av  nf  25x135. .  .March  11.  40 

91st  st— 73  ft  e  of  Muskegon  av  sf  50x135 July  6.  50 


78          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

90TH  TO  99TH  STREETS — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

91st  st— 300  ft  e  of  St.  Lawrence  av  sf  25x126. October  1.        $  48 

91st  st— S  E  cor  of  Elizabeth  st  nf  58x125 May  16.  25 

92d    st— N  W  cor  of  Center  av  sf  58x135 March  12.  20 

93d    st— 125  ft  w  of  Erie  av  sf  25x135 April  2.  44 

93d   st — S  E  cor  of  Washington  av  nf  49x125.  .September  2.  60 

94th  st— 99  ft  w  of  Stoney  Island  av  sf  24x125.  June  10.  54 

95th  st — Near  Second  avenue  nf  50x .  ....  .January  2.  40 

95th  st— S  W  cor  of  Calumet  dock  nf  200x300.  July  25.  122 

95th  st— 50  ft  e  of  Langley  av  sf  60x125 May  10.  40 

95th  st — N  E  cor  of  Logan  av  sf  73x December  28.  15 

95th  st— 106  ft  w  of  Summit  av  nf  50x125 December  23.  21 

96th  st— S  E  cor  of  Exchange  av  nf  39x135 February  19.  27 

97th  st— 63  ft  e  of  Exchange  av  nf  25x135 July  16.  64 

NORTH  AVENUE. 

West  of  Clybourn  avenue  sf  35x October  22.  114 

50  feet  east  of  Shober  street  nf  25x123 October  26.  80 

49  feet  west  of  Hancock  avenue  sf  25x136 May  24.  48 

S  W  cor  of  Hamlin  avenue  nf  48x125 June  25.  35 

N  E  cor  of  Springfield  avenue  sf  289x240 February  7.  52 

48  feet  west  of  40th  street  nf  24x125 December  1.  50 

S  E  cor  of  41st  street  nf  48x125 September  17.  62 

100  feet  west  of  43d  street  nf  25x July  12.  48 

125  feet  west  of  43d  street  nf  25x . November  10.  40 

Between  48th  st  and  Lincoln  av  sf  50x125 July  15.  40 

OAKLET  AVENUE. 

25  feet  south  of  Cornelia  street  wf  25x124 May  12.  40 

S  W  cor  of  Coblentz  street  ef  24x100 August  12.  50 

96  feet  south  of  Armitage  avenue  wf  24x100.  .  .February  15.  54 

150  feet  north  of  Bryson  street  wf  25x125 February  2.  48 

194  feet  north  of  Division  street  ef  24x125  . .  .  .September  23.  46 

Between  13th  and  14th  streets  wf  96x125 August  22.  43 

Between  68th  and  69th  streets  wf  50x125 April  6.  20 


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OAKLEY  AVENUE — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

604  feet  south  of  91st  street  ef  91x132 December  23.  $  16 

South  of  91st  street  ef  100x132 January  12.  19 

8  W  cor  of  105th  street  ef  99x123 May  26.  12 

OAKWOOD  AVENUE. 

363  feet  east  of  Grand  boulevard  sf  25x156 . .  .  .April  13.  440 

OGDEN  AVENUE. 

314  feet  east  of  Rockwell  street  sf  25x October  3.  68 

120  feet  west  of  Washtenaw  avenue  nf  25x ..November  10.  72 

100  feet  east  of  Talman  avenue  sf  25x114 March  25.  80 

145  feet  east  of  Lawndale  avenue  sf  24x125.  .  .  .December  19.  66 

65  feet  west  of  Bonney  avenue  nf  50x150 June  23.  50 

65  feet  west  of  Bonney  avenue  nf  50x150 December  5.  56 

140  feet  west  of  Bonney  avenue  iif  50x150 September  5.  56 

50  feet  east  of  Hamlin  avenue  nf  25x March  8.  84 

100  feet  west  of  Hamlin  avenue  sf  25x125 June  11.  48 

200  feet  west  of  Hamlin  avenue  sf  25x125 June  7.  64 

106  feet  east  of  Springfield  avenue  nf  50x . .  May  16.  70 

70  feet  west  of  Kellogg  avenue  nf  55x125 March  18.  19 

S  W  cor  of  Delaware  street  nf  54x125 January  18.  28 

OGLESBEY  AVENUE. 

N  W  cor  of  61st  street  ef  100x178 June  1.  185 

S  E  cor  of  62d  street  wf  140x183 October  29.  153 

140  feet  south  of  62d  street  wf  100x183 October  29.  125 

128  feet  north  of  63d  street  wf  50x183 November  17.  130 

OHIO  STREET. 

S  W  cor  of  St.  Glair  street  nf  28x100 July  30.  500 

100  feet  west  of  St.  Glair  street  nf  20x100 Sold  1899.  225 

121  feet  east  of  Market  street  sf  25x109 December  16.  400 

50  feet  west  of  Union  street  sf  25x40 March  30.  86 

152  feet  east  of  Ashland  avenue  sf  25x125 July  5.  75 

117  feet  east  of  Wood  street  sf  24x123 May  17.  62 

48  feet  west  of  Robey  street  nf  24x92 March  11.  42 


80          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

OHIO  STREET — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

25  feet  west  of  Hoyne  avenue  nf  25x100 February  10.    $  54: 

96  feet  east  of  Leavitt  street  sf  24x123 June  9.  56 

N  W  cor  of  Leavitt  street  sf  24x124 December  2.  104: 

N  W  cor  of  Avers  avenue  sf  169x110 July  19.  42 

100TH  TO  136TH  STREETS  (Inclusive.) 

100th  st — Bet.  State  street  and  Michigan  ave.  sf 

100x124 May  9.  1± 

100th  st— 164  ft  e  of  State  st  ef  50x124 March  19.  32 

103d  st— 100  ft  w  of  Portland  av  nf  50x125  .  .August  2.  20 

104th  st— S  W  cor  of  Avenue  E  nf  600x257.  .  .August  3.  16 

lllth  pi— 225  ft  w  of  Wentworth  av  nf  50xl24.Sold  1898.  22 

114th  st— 8  E  cor  of  State  dt  nf  25x124 September  5.  40 

114th  st— 276  ft  w  of  State  st  nf  150x125 May  19.  13 

115th  st— S  W  cor  of  Clark  st  nf  77x125 March  8.  13 

115th  st— S  W  cor  of  Clark  st  nf  77x125 July  13.  34: 

116th  st— 107  ft  w  of  Canal  st  nf  50x137 September  26.  20 

116th  st— N  E  cor  of  Scanlan  st  sf  106x187 March  2.  15 

116th  st— N  W  cor  of  Scanlan  st  sf  87x183 July  22.  14 

116th  st— 50  ft  e  of  School  st  sf  50x125 August  5.  25 

118th  st— S  E  cor  of  Canal  st  nf  206x162 May  7.  13 

118th  st— S  W  cor  of  Portland  av  nf  56x125.  . .  August  17.  27 

119th  st— N  W  cor  of  Canal  st  sf  82x136 February  15.  14: 

119th  st — Bet.  State  st.  and  Michigan  ave.  nf 

50x125.. October  3.  28 

119th  st— Bet.  LaSalle  and  Clark  sts  nf  56x125.  April  12.  19 

127th  st— N  W  cor  of  Ashland  av  sf  107x125  .  .April  30.  20 

136th  st— 284  ft  e  of  Indiana  av  sf  33x150 March  4.  33 

ONTARIO  AVENUE. 

223  feet  north  of  83d  street  ef  200x125 March  31.  40 

75  feet  south  of  90th  street  ef  50x130 May  2.  40 

Between  92d  and  93d  streets  wf  50x July  20.  24 


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ONTARIO  STREET. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

N  E  cor  of  Rush  street  sf  69x1 50 Sold  1895.  $435 

650  feet  west  of  Market  street  nf  300x100 September  29.  200 

ORCHARD  STREET. 

South  of  Wrightwood  avenue  ef  100x125 April  1.  86 

OWASCO  STREET. 

269  feet  east  of  California  avenue  sf  28x100..  .  .November  14.  40 

S  W  cor  of  40th  street  nf  50x125 March  15.  44 

50  feet  west  of  40th  street  nf  100x125 October  3.  40 

51  feet  west  of  41st  street  sf  50x125 July  11.  34 

50  feet  west  of  St.  Phillips  avenue  sf  25x124.  .  .April  7.  40 

West  of  43d  street  nf  25x125 October  1.  44 

Between  45th  and  46th  streets  nf  50x125 July  15.  30 

PARK  AVENUE. 

100  feet  east  of  Oakley  avenue  nf  20x124 March  24.  115 

548  feet  east  of  Homan  avenue  sf  26x125 July  27.  126 

295  feet  east  of  Homan  avenue  sf  25x125 June  1.  120 

125  feet  west  of  41st  street  nf  25x125 October  3.  40 

200  feet  east  of  42d  street  nf  25x180 August  19.  60 

N  W  cor  of  43d  street  sf  25x125 May  9.  52 

100  feet  west  of  Webb  street  nf  50x125 September  7.  20 

191  feet  east  of  Warner  avenue  sf  25x124 February  4.  10 

PAULINA  STREET. 

98  feet  south  of  Webster  avenue  ef  49x165 . .  .  .April  15.  37 

154  feet  south  of  Tuttle  street  ef  25x165 August  15.  40 

S  W  cor  of  Leland  avenue  ef  92x165 February  1.  59 

242  feet  south  of  Cosgrove  avenue  wf  50x165 .  .February  15.  44 

173  feet  south  of  Berteau  avenue  wf  50x166..  .  .April  8.  40 

93  feet  north  of  Belle  Plaine  avenue  wf  50x166. February  16.  36 

N  W  cor  of  Belle  Plaine  avenue  ef  100x166  ....  May  3.  41 

S  W  cor  of  Belle  Plaine  avenue  ef  100x165 . .  .  .October  6.  56 

100  feet  south  of  Belle  Plaine  avenue  wf  50x165. November  11.  45 


82          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

PAULINA  STREET — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

N  W  cor  of  Graceland  avenue  ef  189x165 May  20.  $  38 

241  feet  south  of  Graceland  avenue  wf  50x121.. March  15.  28 

198  feet  north  of  Roscoe  street  wf  50x125  , , .  .  .January  5.  32 

142  feet  north  of  Armitage  avenue  ef  192x125.. April  17.  42 

25  feet  south  of  Cornelia  street  wf  175x125  . .  .  .August  15.  40 
250  feet  south  of  Cornelia  street  wf  75x125. .  .  .September  15.      40 

141  feet  south  of  47th  street  wf  50x125 August  2.  30 

S  W  cor  of  86th  street  ef  66x125 June  20.  27 

PEORIA  STREET. 

North  of  56th  street  ef  100x125 October  10.  48 

72  feet  south  of  60th  street  wf  25x126 Sold  1898.  60 

148  feet  south  of  64th  street  wf  25x125 February  24.  40 

S  E  cor  of  66th  street  wf  56x125 February  1.  38 

200  feet  north  of  72d  street  wf  25x125 Sold  1898.  40 

200  feet  north  of  79th  street  ef  40x125 November  11.  45 

150  feet  north  of  86th  street  wf  75x125 October  31.  20 

Corner  of  Vincennes  avenue  ef  41x136 December  20.  24 

PERRY  STREET. 

185  feet  north  of  Berteau  avenue  ef  46x160. .  .  .August  16.  43 

100  feet  south  of  Belle  Plaine  avenue  ef  80x162.  June  24.  31 

192  feet  north  of  Sultzer  street  wf  100x160 May  22.  25 

PINE  STREET. 
Bet.  Oak  street  and  Walton  place  wf  271x200.  .Sold  1898.          500 

POLK  STREET. 

78  feet  west  of  May  street  sf  26x100 June  8.  96 

100  feet  east  of  Wood  street  nf  25x100 .February  1.  96 

N  E  cor  of  DeKalb  street  sf  75x February  29.  86 

25  feet  east  of  Francisco  street  nf  25x124 October  24.  43 

125  feet  east  of  Sacramento  avenue  sf  25x148 .  .June  3.  40 

250  feet  west  of  Sacramento  avenue  sf  25x125.. October  13.  72 

PORTLAND  AVENUE. 

291  feet  south  of  31st  street  ef  25x125 May  17.  64 

400  feet  north  of  36th  street  ef  25x125 September  6.  40 


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PRAIRIE  AVENUE. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

N  E  cor  of  41st  street  wf  100x160 January  25.     $175 

120  feet  south  of  41st  street  ef  40x160 March  24.  150 

94  feet  south  of  43d  street  ef  50x160 July  5.  110 

S  W  cor  of  44th  street  ef  115x160 March  31.  130 

175  feet  south  of  45th  street  wf  25x163 October  24.  120 

225  feet  south  of  45th  sfreet  wf  25x137 April  18.  100 

S  E  cor  of  46th  street  wf  97x138 March  16.  124 

S  W  cor  of  46th  street  ef  65x161 June  8.  158 

150  feet  north  of  50th  street  wf  50x162 August  22.  100 

Between  52d  and  53d  streets  ef  50x171 June  6.  100 

214  feet  south  of  54th  street  wf  100x180 June  6.  100 

133  feet  north  of  60th  street  ef  50x161 January  26.  100 

462  feet  north  of  63d  street  ef  75x161 December  20.       75 

105  feet  north  of  63d  street  wf  25x160 March  11.  60 

105  feet  north  of  63d  street  wf  50x160 March  21.  60 

Between  70th  and  71st  streets  ef  50x174 February  11.  48 

RACINE  AVENUE. 

50  feet  north  of  Eddy  street  wf  25x125 July  5.  48 

74  feet  north  of  School  street  wf  25x124 September  2.  46 

150  feet  south  of  School  street  wf  25x123 March  16.  40 

325  feet  north  of  Belmont  avenue  wf  25x124.  . .  May  26.  48 

49  feet  north  of  George  street  wf  24x115 July  7-  46 

170  feet  south  of  Fullerton  avenue  wf  25x124.  .April  1.  84 

165  feet  south  of  Belden  avenue  wf  66x124..  ..June  21.  114 

225  feet  south  of  Webster  avenue  ef  25x125 .  . .  May  3.  70 

RANDOLPH  STREET. 

S  W  cor  of  Clinton  street  nf  150x128 Sold  1899.  600 

100  feet  east  of  Jefferson  street  nf  20x106 Sold  1899.  950 

100  feet  east  of  Desplaines  street  nf  20x75 Sold  1899.  700 

20  feet  east  of  Desplaines  street  sf  55x90 Sold  1899.  545 

80  feet  east  of  Union  street  nf  20x152 Sold  1899.       1,000 

77  feet  west  of  Halsted  street  nf  25x100 September  80.    520 


84          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

RANDOLPH  STREET  —Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

100  feet  east  of  Carpenter  street  sf  25x100. .  .  .March  1.  $290 

325  feet  west  of  Albany  avenue  nf  25x120 December  15.  60 

N  E  cor  of  42d  street  sf  100x150 October  25.  43 

S  E  cor  of  43d  street  nf  101x180 May  22.  42 

RHODES  AVENUE. 

115  feet  north  of  35th  street  ef  50x165. .  .'. November  1.  200 

286  feet  south  of  71st  street  ef  50x125 December  13.  50 

Between  71st  and  72d  streets  ef  25x125 August  19.  40 

61  feet  south  of  72d  street  ef  25x125 July  27.  52 

105  feet  south  of  73d  street  ef  50x125 September  1.  46 

199  feet  south  of  78th  street  wf  50x124 November  28.  30 

249  feet  south  of  78th  street  wf  50x124.  ....  .  .May  1.  28 

ROBEY  STREET. 

242  feet  north  of  Sultzer  street  ef  50x174 January  9.  40 

102  feet  south  of  Clay  street  ef  52x122 October  14.  20 

S  W  cor  of  Leland  avenue  ef  50x125 May  5.  40 

N  W  cor  of  Leland  avenue  ef  50x125 July  18.  42 

N  W  cor  of  Leland  avenue  ef  50x125 August  16.  50 

S  W  cor  of  Jamot  avenue  ef  50x125 March  7.  40 

212  feet  south  of  Clybourn  place  wf  24x125 July  13.  45 

Opposite  Rice  street  wf  25x125 April  8.  64 

50  feet  south  of  Congress  street  ef  25x101 December  22.  120 

141  feet  south  of  Polk  street  wf  25x114 April  1.  82 

1131  feet  south  of  Blue  Island  av  wf  1160x .April  28.  80 

N  W  cor  of  36th  street  ef  25x125 April  26.  56 

375  feet  south  of  36th  street  ef  25x125 July  30.  44 

N  E  cor  of  54th  street  wf  49x116 May  17.  23 

ROCKWELL  STREET. 

50  feet  south  of  Wabansia  avenue  wf  25x125.  .  .October  11.  50 

250  feet  north  of  Hirsch  street  wf  25x126 August  26.  40 

225  feet  south  of  Hirsch  street  wf  25x125 October  11.  40 

192  feet  north  of  Thompson  street  wf  25x125.  .October  11.  44 

200  feet  south  of  Bryson  street  wf  25x126 August  24.  40 


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ROSCOE  STREET. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

Between  Clark  and  Halsted  streets  sf  25x125.  .  .June  28.  $  58 

Between  Clark  and  Halsted  streets  sf  25x125.  .  .July  8.  56 

338  feet  west  of  Halsted  street  sf  25x125 September  12.  60 

166  feet  east  of  Seminary  avenue  sf  25x125.  .  .  .September  8.  50 

241  feet  west  of  Seminary  avenue  sf  25x124..  .  .May  9.  40 

211  feet  west  of  Southport  avenue  nf  25x125.  .  .June  29.  40 

SACRAMENTO  AVENUE. 

102  feet  north  of  Moore  street  ef  25x126 October  15.  "  41 

N  E  cor  of  64th  street  wf  125x125 September  21.  28 

SANGAMON  STREET. 
70  feet  south  of  Jackson  boulevard  wf  30x125.. May  26.  200 

122  feet  south  of  56th  street  ef  50x209 May  12.  40 

35  feet  north  of  63d  street  ef  50x125 .April  16.  25 

98  feet  south  of  64th  street  ef  25x125 January  28.  40 

50  feet  south  of  66th  street  ef  50x125 September  13.  24 

44  feet  north  of  68th  street  ef  37x125 September  6.  27 

274  feet  south  of  72d  street  wf  25x125 October  3.  40 

S  W  cor  of  73d  street  ef  49x125 July  15.  25 

SAWYER  AVENUE. 

159  feet  south  of  12th  street  ef  25x125 August  20.  46 

100  feet  south  of  15th  street  ef  25x125 May  15.  44 

375  feet  south  of  15th  street  ef  25x125 September  6.  50 

100  feet  south  of  16th  street  ef  50x125 July  28.  54 

150  feet  south  of  16th  street  wf  25x125 June  20.  48 

N  W  cor  of  19th  street  ef  50x125 September  14.      70 

176  feet  south  of  19th  street  ef  24x125 July  29.  62 

123  feet  north  of  25th  street  ef  50x125 September  1.  26 

SCHOOL  STREET. 
(N.  S.) — Bet.   Evanston  ave.  and  Halsted  st.  nf 

30x89 July  6.  75 

(N.  S.)— 268  feet  east  of  Ashland  av  sf  25x125. May  25.  68 

(S.  S.)— Near  49th  street  wf  25x124 April  15.  58 


86         REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

SCHOOL  STREET — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

(S.  S.)— 216  feet  south  of  52d  street  wf  24x124.  April  27.  $  51 

(S.  S.)— Near  56th  street  wf  90x126 July  25.  60 

(S.  S.)— Bet.  57th  and  58th  streets  wf  25x117..  July  9.  66 

(S.  S.)— 225  feet  north  58th  street  wf  50x122.  .December  15.  66 

SEMINARY  AVENUE. 

S  W  cor  of  Roscoe  street  ef  50x124 ,  January  25.  50 

50  feet  south  of  Roscoe  street  ef  25x124 September  27.  44 

S  W  cor  of  School  street  ef  50x124 .January  25.  50 

125  feet  north  of  Belmont  avenue  ef  50x124..  .  .December  1.  40 

203  feet  south  of  Belmont  avenue  wf  30x125.  .  .January  5.  50 

190  feet  south  of  Fullerton  avenue  ef  24x124.  .June  29.  94 

225  feet  north  of  Belden  avenue  ef  38x124 February  10.  84 

125  feet  north  of  Belden  avenue  ef  25x124 January  27.  92 

125  feet  north  of  Belden  avenue  ef  25x124 August  5.  94 

SEVENTEENTH  STREET. 

145  feet  west  of  Laflin  street  sf  100x124 ....  .  .October  10.  30 

70TH  TO  79TH  STREETS  (Inclusive.) 

70th  st— 182  ft  e  of  Stoney  Island  av  nf  60x50.  January  27.  35 

70th  st— S  W  cor  of  Robey  st  nf  49x125 October  18.  20 

71st  st— 179  ft  w  Stoney  Island  av  nf  126x125. March  1.  50 

71st  st— N  E  cor  of  Green  st  sf  lOOx June  8.  40 

71st  st— N  E  cor  of  Paulina  st  sf  58x125 January  27.  22 

71st  st — 92  ft  w  of  Central  Park  av  nf  66x124. October  27.  21 

72d    st— 125  ft  e  of  Jefferson  av  nf  50x125 August  1.  30 

72d   st— 50  ft  e  of  Jefferson  av  nf  100x125 July  1.  43 

72d    st — 73  ft  w  of  Madison  av  nf  25x125 October  20.  60 

72d    st— 60  ft  e  of  Woodlawn  av  sf  25x125 January  30.  44 

72d    st— 134  ft  w  of  State  st  sf  100x130 January  19.  150 

73d    st— 150  ft  e  of  Jefferson  av  nf  50x125  . .  .  .August  1.  45 

73d    st— 157  ft  e  of  Vincennes  av  nf  50x125.  .  .April  1.  60 

73d   st— N  W  cor  of  Hoyne  av  sf  100x125 November  30.  12 

74th  st— 145  ft  w  of  Bond  av  sf  50x110 April  29.  43 


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70TH  TO  79TH  STREETS — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

74th  st — S  E  cor  of  Ada  st  nf  50x125 December  8.     $  20 

75th  st— S  E  cor  of  Brooks  av  nf  32x125 August  31.  100 

76th  st— 175  ft  e  of  Coles  av  nf  25x100 June  1.  50 

76th  st— 150  ft  w  of  Coles  av  sf  50x123 August  15.  56 

76th  st— Near  Adams  av  sf  50x125 April  11.  30 

76th  st— 132  ft  e  of  Drexel  av  nf  50x125 September  9.  30 

76th  st— N  W  cor  of  Drexel  av  sf  27x125 Sold  1898.  74 

76th  st— 107  ft  w  of  Drexel  av  sf  27x125 June  17.  55 

76th  st— 107  ft  w  of  Drexel  av  sf  27x125 September  3.  55 

77th  st— 100  ft  w  of  Bond  av  sf  50x87 January  15.  37 

79th  st— S  W  cor  of  Arthur  av  nf  100x127 January  23.  50 

79th  st— 325  ft  w  of  Arthur  av  nf  25x127 May  10.  60 

79th  st— 145  ft  e  of  Railroad  av  sf  50x125 January  27.  34 

79th  st— 54  ft  e  of  Duncan  av  nf  50x125 September  10.      36 

79th  st— 96  ft  w  of  Duncan  av  nf  24x125 June  30.  40 

79th  st— East  of  South  Chicago  av  nf  25x125  .  .April  2.  42 

79th  st — 82  ft  w  of  Vincennes  av  sf  25x125. .  .  .March  24.  50 

79th  st— 107  ft  w  of  Vincennes  av  sf  25x125.  .  .March  24.  50 

79th  st— 105  ft  e  of  Halsted  st  nf  30x100 October  4.  33 

SHEFFIELD  AVENUE. 

79  feet  north  of  Nellie  street  wf  50x120 February  15.  55 

South  of  Clark  street  wf  32x March  18.  42 

75  feet  south  of  Roscoe  street  ef  25x124 October  11.  72 

155  feet  north  of  School  street  wf  25x122 July  17.  64 

246  feet  south  of  Webster  avenue  ef  25x124..  .  .August  1.  92 

325  feet  north  of  Garfield  avenue  ef  25x124. .  .  .August  1.  80 

212  feet  north  of  Garfield  avenue  wf  37x127.  .  .May  18.  100 

268  feet  south  of  Centre  street  wf  24x125 July  5.  75 

SHERIDAN  AVENUE. 

N  E  cor  of  64th  street  wf  100x165 August  11.  150 

S  W  cor  of  65th  street  ef  100x165 September  16.  120 

Near  65th  street  wf  50x165 April  1.  85 

Near  86th  street  ef  72x125 January  19.  22 


88       REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

SHERIDAN  DRIVE. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

S  E  cor  of  Fargo  street  wf  150x222 Sold  1895.        $347 

SHERIDAN  STREET. 

208  feet  north  of  Mentmore  street  ef  42x180.  .  .July  7.  30 

S  E  cor  of  Cortland  street  wf  50x177 September  13.  32 

SIXTEENTH  STREET. 

157  feet  east  of  Washtenaw  avenue  nf  24x125.  .November  22.  41 

148  feet  east  of  California  avenue  nf  25x135.  .  .September  21.  48 

211  feet  west  of  Albany  avenue  sf  50x164 August  22.  55 

281  feet  east  of  Kedzie  avenue  sf  50x164 September  2.  54 

S  E  cor  of  40th  street  nf  50x125 June  24.  41 

60TH  TO  67TH  STREETS  (Inclusive.) 

60th  st— 135  ft  w  of  Calumet  av  sf  25x133. .  . .  June  29.  129 

60th  st— 400  ft  e  of  Lawndale  av  nf  50x125.  .  .Sold  1898.  32 

61st  st— 125  ft  w  of  Stoney  Island  avnf  50x125.. March  9.  150 

61st  st— 475  ft  w  of  Stoney  Island avnf  50x125..  May  18.  160 

61st  st— 60  ft  e  of  Prairie  av  nf  100x119 March  8.  95 

61st  st— S  E  cor  of  Prairie  av  nf  60x119 February  27.  115 

61st  st— 147  ft  w  of  Wright  st  sf  50x120 April  8.  100 

61st  st— 191  ft  e  of  Halsted  st  sf  25x118 August  23.  80 

61st  st— 72  ft  w  of  Morgan  st  nf  72x122 September  2.  19 

61st  st— N  W  cor  of  May  st  sf  48x July  27.  42 

6lst  st— 300  ft  w  of  Webb  st  sf  50x125 March  8.  20 

63d    st—100  ft  w  of  Oglesby  av  nf  50x166 October  27.  200 

63d   st— 100  ft  w  of  Oglesby  av  nf  50x166  . .  .  .October  29.  250 

63d    st— 131  ft  e  of  Cottage  Grove  av  sf  25x .March  8.  206 

63d    st— N  E  cor  of  Paulina  st  sf  57x125 June  7.  44 

63d    st— N  E  cor  of  Robey  st  sf  39x120 April  5.  33 

63d    st— S  E  cor  of  Vail  st  nf  50x135 June  1.  40 

63d    st— 165  ft  e  of  Roman  av  nf  50x124 July  8.  20 

64th  st— 141  ft  e  of  Maryland  av  sf  40x125..  .  .March  30.  55 

64th  st— 50  ft  e  of  Elizabeth  st  sf  50x124.' October  11.  20 

65th  st— 184  ft  w  of  State  st  nf  25x149 April  22.  100 


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60TH  TO  67TH  STREETS — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

C5th  st— West  of  Central  Park  av  nf  50x123.  .  .August  26.        $  20 

65th  st— West  of  Central  Park  av  nf  50x123.  .  .August  10.  20 

67th  st— S  E  cor  of  Winter  st  nf  92x98 September  6.  55 

67th  st— 81  ft  w  of  Morgan  st  sf  52x125 August  26.  30 

67th  st— West  of  Ada  st  nf  50x120 July  6.  20 

67th  st — Bet.  Hornan  av  and  Webb  st  sf  75x124 . .  January  6.  24 

SOUTH  CHICAGO  AVENUE. 

Near  69th  street  nf  25x125 July  15.  54 

Between  73d  and  74th  streets  nf  100x130 April  1.  35 

124  feet  east  of  Ellis  avenue  nf  100x125 December  14.  55 

Near  77th  street  nf  72x130 , February  12.  54 

Between  80th  and  81st  streets  nf  25x130 October  10.  50 

Between  90th  and  91st  streets  nf  25x130 .October  25.  60 

Between  90th  and  91st  streets  nf  50x130 June  8.  48 

Between  90th  and  91st  streets  sf  125x130 June  3.  44 

SOUTH  PARK  AVENUE. 

N  E  cor  of  74th  street  wf  300x124 November  9.  50 

N  W  cor  of  81st  street  ef  299x150 May  11.  33 

150  feet  north  of  84th  street  wf  50x166 February  10.  20 

SPAULDING  AVENUE. 

200  feet  north  of  VanBuren  street  ef  50x129.  .  .August  31.  34 

N  W  cor  of  15th  street  ef  53x125 May  2.  42 

178  feet  north  of  Ogden  avenue  ef  25x125 June  11.  48 

S  W  cor  of  67th  street  ef  384x125 May  8.  9 

SPRINGFIELD  AVENUE. 

226  feet  south  of  Glenwood  avenue  ef  25x125 .  .April  22.  48 

S  W  cor  of  Glenview  avenue  ef  52x124 September  20.  30 

125  feet  south  of  Huron  street  ef  75x125 September  29.  16 

341  feet  south  of  21st  street  wf  50x125 May  9.  23 

Between  28th  and  29th  streets  wf  48x125 April  21.  27 

N  W  cor  of  31st  street  ef  99x125 January  1.  20 


90          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

ST.  Louis  AVENUE. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

141  feet  north  of  22d  street  wf  75x122 February  1.      $  46 

N  E  cor  of  52d  street  wf  84x126 June  29.  24 

STATE  STREET. 

200  feet  south  of  Burton  place  wf  21x130 February  10.  412 

75  feet  south  of  Chicago  avenue  ef  25x118 March  23.  400 

300  feet  south  of  13th  street  wf  25x140 Sold  1898.  600 

122  feet  north  of  32d  street  wf  25x122 September  13.  460 

N  E  cor  of  35th  street  wf  75x125 August  3.  537 

194  feet  north  of  42d  street  wf  50x160 April  2.  190 

212  feet  north  of  48th  street  wf  25x160 September  3.  180 

48  feet  north  of  56th  street  wf  25x100 September  10.  160 

300  feet  north  of  65th  street  wf  42x159 February  8.  90 

96  feet  south  of  67th  street  wf  25x160 .October  12.  100 

Between  69th  and  70th  streets  wf  42x160 April  11.  95 

150  feet  south  of  75th  street  ef  25x160 .September  10.  42 

N  E  cor  of  76th  street  ef  100x160 August  29.  62 

200  feet  south  of  76th  street  wf  200x160 April  11.  40 

200  feet  south  of  76th  street  wf  200x160 September  8.  40 

199  feet  north  of  77th  street  ef  100x160 August  3.  50 

250  feet  south  of  118th  street  ef  50x125. March  28.  26 

STEWART  AVENUE. 

S  E  cor  of  76th  street  wf  100x160 January  19.  63 

S  W  cor  of  Madison  street  (Lake)  ef  100x135 .  .January  25.  16 

STONE Y  ISLAND  AVENUE. 

South  of  71st  street  wf  50x111.  . . September  26.  120 

119  feet  north  of  72d  street  ef  119x165 July  17.  100 

S  W  cor  of  73d  street  ef  141x120 December  3.  125 

Between  91st  and  92d  streets  ef  125x133 January  20.  40 

141  feet  north  of  93d  street  ef  250x130..          .  .October  8.  30 


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STORMS  AVENUE. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

Between  72d  and  73d  streets  ef  50x125 April  5.  $  70 

Between  75th  and  76th  streets  wf  60x125 June  30.  40- 

105  feet  north  of  83d  street  wf  100x125 August  25.  24 

Between  85th  and  86th  streets  wf  100x125 January  16.  24 

SUPERIOR  STREET. 

551  feet  east  of  St.  Clair  street  sf  25x100 December  9.  316 

551  feet  east  of  St.  Clair  street  sf  25x100 December  21.  320 

216  feet  east  of  Oakley  avenue  sf  120x121 September  30.  3£ 

96  feet  east  of  Oakley  avenue  sf  120x121 July  8.  33- 

N  E  cor  of  Oakley  avenue  sf  24x121 March  24.  66 

N  E  cor  of  Rockwell  street  sf  25x122 January  29.  40 

225  feet  east  of  Washtenaw  avenue  nf  75x123 .  .February  8.  24 

TALMAN  AVENUE. 

S  E  cor  of  Thompson  street  wf  50x125 ,  March  26.  38 

S  W  cor  of  Thompson  street  ef  50x125..    June  18.  40- 

325  feet  south  of  Thompson  street  wf  50x125 .  .May  28.  40 

271  feet  north  of  Hirsch  street  wf  50x125 June  25.  40 

Near  13th  street  wf  33x125 June  1.  35 

North  of  Ogden  avenue  ef  33x133 ,  July  2.  33 

TAYLOR  STREET. 

150  feet  east  of  Loomis  street  nf  25x103 June  24.  82 

144  feet  east  of  Lincoln  street  nf  24x100 May  3.  92 

227  feet  east  of  Robey  street  nf  20x119 October  1.  115 

N  W  cor  of  Campbell  avenue  sf  627x268 April  10.  106 

N  W  cor  of  Campbell  avenue  sf  627x134 September  15.  47 

THIRTEENTH  STREET. 

96  feet  west  of  Loomis  street  nf  24x124 September  27.  82 

216  feet  east  of  Lincoln  street  nf  24x124 July  25.  62 

24  feet  east  of  Lincoln  street  nf  24x124 May  1.  62 

31sT  TO  38TH  STREETS  (Inclusive.) 

31st  st— 165  ft  w  of  Ullman  st  nf  72x124 January  26.  64 

31st  st— 25  ft  w  of  Vermont  av  nf  25x125 January  1.  48 


92          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL,  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

31sT  TO  38TH  STREETS— Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

32d    st—S  E  cor  of  Parnell  av  nf  58x108 September  16.  $52 

32d    st — 277  ft  w  of  Oilman  st  nf  25x115 December  15.  40 

33d    st— 25  ft  e  of  Parnell  av  nf  50x100 October  22.  32 

33d    st— East  of  Laurel  st  sf  lOOx May  14.  48 

34th  st— 222  ft  w  of  Halsted  st  nf  50x145..  ...  V.  May  3.  34 

34th  st— 172  ft  e  of  Laurel  st  sf  25x145 December  16.  43 

34th  st— 557  ft  w  of  Laurel  st  nf  25x129. . September  10.  58 

35th  st— 275  ft  e  of  Robey  st  sf  50x125 June  4.  38 

35th  st— 250  ft  e  of  Robey  st  sf  25x125 April  12.  40 

35th  st— N  E  cor  of  Robey  st  sf  25x125 June  16.  62 

37th  st—S  E  cor  of  Butler  st  nf  50x125 June  28.  70 

38th  st— 185  ft  w  of  Rockwell  st  sf  50x— July  25.  36 

THROOP  STREET. 

166  feet  south  of  55th  street  ef  50x125 August  1.  20 

S  W  cor  of  62d  street  ef  176x120 June  30.  26 

Between  69th  and  70th  streets  wf  33x125 March  19.  37 

248  feet  south  of  86th  street  wf  50x125 August  8.  23 

TROY  STREET. 

139  feet  south  of  Fillmore  street  ef  25x . .    .May  27.  51 

234  feet  south  of  12th  street  ef  25x125 February  18.  48 

75  feet  north  of  13th  street  ef  25x125. May  31.  60 

72  feet  south  of  13th  street  ef  48x125 May  24.  54 

567  feet  south  of  13th  street  wf  25x125 April  6.  50 

181  feet  south  of  24th  street  wf  48x127 February  15.  25 

TRUMBULL  AVENUE. 

North  of  Humboldt  boulevard  wf  48x124 August  1.  42* 

S  E  cor  of  Huron  street  wf  99x125 June  23.  30 

96  feet  north  of  Ohio  street  ef  72x125 February  9.  19 

425  feet  south  of  16th  street  ef  25x125 July  20.  48 

175  feet  north  of  21st  street  wf  50x100 September  21.  30 

N  E  cor  of  21st  street  wf  50x100 September  17.     41 

]N  W  cor  of  53d  street  ef  50x126.  .  .March  30.  22 


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TWELFTH  STREET. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

96  feet  west  of  Brown  street  nf  24x100 November  22.  $208 

250  feet  east  of  Western  avenue  sf  25x125 October  7.  200 

50  feet  east  of  Western  avenue  sf  25x123 December  17.  188 

S  E  cor  of  Tallman  avenue  nf  112x280 March  5.  108 

44  feet  east  of  Washtenaw  avenue  nf  50x125.  .  .August  19.  125 

38  feet  west  of  Washtenaw  avenue  nf  25x125.  .July  1.  130 

N  W  cor  of  Sacramento  avenue  sf  41x125 July  12.  158 

41  feet  west  of  Sacraniento  avenue  sf  25x125.  .  .Sold  1898.  112 

N  W  cor  of  Utica  street  sf  50x125 September  22.    130 

135  feet  west  of  Albany  avenue  nf  25x118 February  25.  94 

50  feet  west  of  Troy  street  sf  25x125 .  .August  6.  80 

112  feet  west  of  Kedzie  avenue  sf  28x125 December  27.  100 

182  feet  east  of  Spaulding  avenue  sf  25x125..  .  .September  14.  100 

S  W  cor  of  Turner  avenue  nf  49x117 August  16.  122 

S  W  cor  of  St.  Louis  avenue  sf  50x167 October  25.  100 

N  E  cor  of  Springfield  avenue  sf  24x112 July  1.  107 

250  feet  east  of  42d  street  sf  50x125 September  9.  50 

300  feet  west  of  42d  street  sf  25x125 October  14.  52 

20TH  TO  29TH  STREETS  (Inclusive.) 

20th  st— 50  ft  w  of  Robey  stnf  25x125 Sold  1898.  40 

21st  st-  25  ft  w  of  Wood  st  sf  25x125 July  1.  50 

21st  st— 175  ft  w  of  Lincoln  st  nf  25x126 July  22.  60 

21st  st— 132  ft  w  of  Western  av  nf  24x126 . .  .  .February  16.  46 

22d    st— S  E  cor  of  Robey  st  nf  25x125 June  1.  80 

22d    st— 122  ft  w  of  Leavitt  st  nf  24x100 September  30.  55 

22d    st— 103  ft  w  of  Washtenaw  av  nf  24x124.  July  12.  60 

22d    st— 291  ft  w  of  California  av  sf  25x121.  .  .April  13.  60 

22d    st— 48  ft  e  of  Whipple  st  nf  24x125 March  17.  48 

22d    st— 132  ft  w  of  Homan  av  nf  50x125 May  25.  44 

22d    st— 116  ft  w  of  Spaulding  av  nf  25x125.  .  .March  30.  48 

22d   st— 58  ft  e  of  Central  Park  av  sf  25x125.  .February  26.  48 

22d    st— 49  ft  e  of  Avers  av  nf  24x125..          .  .October  14.  46 


94          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

20TH  TO  29TH  STREETS — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

22d    st— 121  ft  w  of  Avers  av  nf  24x125 June  21.  $  42 

22d   st— Near  Kellogg  avenue  nf  50x125 March  18.  •  21 

23d    st — Between  St.  Louis  and  Trumbull  avs  sf 

144x98 August  10.  47 

25th  st— 100  ft  e  of  Portland  av  sf  50x124 October  26.  100 

25th  st— 100  ft  w  of  Butler  st  sf  50x125 February  19.  105 

25th  st— 289  ft  w  of  California  av  sf  48x120.  .  .December  1.  30 

25th  st— 244  ft  w  of  Francisco  st  nf  24x120.  .  .March  9.  41 

25th  st— S  E  cor  of  Sacramento  av  nf  24x120.  .July  21.  44 

26th  st— N  W  cor  of  Francisco  st  sf  72x120 May  12.  39 

29th  st— 124  ft  w  of  Homan  av  sf  25x125 April  29.  60 

UNION  STREET. 

40  feet  south  of  Ohio  street  ef  40x71 Sold  1898.  38 

24  feet  south  of  36th  street  ef  24x123 September  28.  77 

Between  99th  and  100th  streets  wf  125x125 September  30.  20 

UNIVERSITY  PLACE. 

East  of  Rhodes  avenue  nf  50x126 July  5.  150 

VANBUREN  STREET. 

S  W  cor  of  Jefferson  street  nf  120x150 Sold  1899.  562 

155  feet  east  of  Center  avenue  nf  25x100 August  24.  200 

44  feet  east  of  Stevens  street  sf  25x126 June  27.  100 

300  feet  west  of  Francisco  street  nf  25x . .  .  .August  27.  100 

71  feet  east  of  Kedzie  avenue  nf  25x100 November  7.  100 

N  E  cor  of  Kedzie  avenue  sf  61x125 July  6.  120 

West  of  Trumbull  avenue  nf  25x125 May  4.  60 

Near  St.  Louis  avenue  sf  25x110 ..." May  16.  60 

N  W  cor  of  45th  street  sf  50x125 August  26.  36 

100  feet  east  of  47th  street  sf  50x124 January  25.  24 

Near  52d  street  nf  25x125 Sold  1898.  20 

VERNON  AVENUE. 

407  feet  south  of  35th  street  wf  44x132 May  19.  187 

58  feet  north  of  61st  street  ef  25x125 August  19.  100 


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VERNON  AVENUE — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

175  feet  north  of  64th  street  wf  50x124 March  -.  $  58 

N  W  cor  of  70th  street  ef  48x123 June  27.  37 

48  feet  south  of  70th  street  ef  50x124 July  5.  50 

200  feet  north  of  72d  street  wf  50x124 August  2.  50 

49  feet  north  of  73d  street  ef  100x123 .  .May  2.  70 

N  W  cor  of  74th  street  ef  300x123 .November  9.  50 

Between  83d  and  84th  streets  ef  250x February  1.  20 

N  W  cor  of  84th  street  ef  50x125 February  11.  21 

VINCENNES  AVENUE. 

121  feet  north  of  Oakwood  boulevard  wf  60x125.  April  20.  200 

225  feet  south  of  40th  street  wf  15x130.  . , February  6.  130 

50  feet  south  of  41st  street  ef  25x116 March  29.  120 

260  feet  north  of  46th  street  wf  50x120 September  9.  122 

N  W  cor  of  46th  street  ef  75x145 July  15.  160 

N  E  cor  of  49th  street  wf  198x141 March  11.  152 

314  feet  south  of  60th  street  wf  50x125 September  26.  70 

173  feet  south  of  64th  street  wf  100x122 January  1.  48 

223  feet  north  of  65th  street  wf  25x122 November  17.  60 

288  feet  south  of  65th  street  ef  24x122 March  30.  82 

S  E  cor  of  67th  street  wf  100x124 October  19.  80 

S  E  cor  of  71st  street  wf  50x123 March  14.  70 

289  feet  north  of  74th  street  wf  25x125 Sold  1898.  72 

24  feet  south  of  78th  street  wf  50x124 February  19.  30 

WABANSIA  AVENUE. 

200  feet  east  of  Dickson  street  sf  50x February  5.  20 

75  feet  west  of  Wood  street  nf  48x80 September  8.  31 

141  feet  west  of  Robey  street  nf  24x100 March  13.  50 

W  ABASH  AVENUE. 

266  feet  north  of  13th  street  wf  25x174 September  19.  1400 

Between  16th  and  17th  streets  ef  20x Sold  1899.  600 

98  feet  north  of  23d  street  wf  22x202 Sold  1899.  392 

N  W  cor  of  Eda  street  ef  131x176..                  . .  June  10.  401 


96  REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

WABASH  AVENUE — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

125  feet  north  of  35th  street  wf  25x174 October  26.      §230 

144  feet  north  of  36th  street  ef  25x180 Sold  1898.  259 

S  W  cor  of  40th  street  ef  50x160 February  1.  170 

125  feet  south  of  40th  street  ef  50x160 June  28.  123 

N  W  cor  of  44th  street  ef  80x161 February  25.  145 

125  feet  south  of  45th  street  wf  25x164 March  18.  140 

275  feet  south  of  48th  street  ef  25x160 September  23.  L40 

247  feet  north  of  49th  street  ef  50x160 October  13.  125 

122  feet  north  of  49th  street  ef  25x160 May  2.  125 

97  feet  north  of  49th  street  ef  25x160 July  23.  125 

247  feet  south  of  60th  street  ef  25x187 March  12.  112 

200  feet  north  of  70th  street  wf  100x159 January  23.  26 

S  E  cor  of  70th  street  wf  96x159 December  25.  43 

50  feet  north  of  71st  street  wf  150x159 October  19.  30 

N  W  cor  of  73d  street  ef  100x160 August  3.  45 

100  feet  south  of  77th  street  ef  100x160.  ....  .  .September  19.  35 

244  feet  south  of  82d  street  wf  25x323 February  15.  62 

250  feet  north  of  83d  street  wf  50x323 February  15.  70 

100  feet  north  of  83d  street  wf  50x323 March  21.  70 

N  E  cor  of  83d  street  wf  100x323 February  15.  70 

S  W  cor  of  91st  street  ef  400x162 Sold  1898.  10 

WALLACE  STREET. 

Near  34th  street  ef  27x127 April  20.   .  54 

Near  34th  street  ef  25x127 October  14.  60 

166  feet  north  of  35th  street  ef  25x125 February  17.  65 

N  W  cor  of  52d  street  ef  199x125 March  15.  35 

199  feet  north  of  70th  street  wf  50x116 March  19.  50 

99  feet  north  of  70th  street  wf  100x116 March  19.  50 

323  feet  south  of  80th  street  wf  25x May  27.  44 

WALNUT  STREET. 

Bet.  Francisco  st  and  California  av  nf  25x150.  .October  25.  84 

N  E  cor  of  Kedzie  avenue  sf  24x125 April  9.  102 


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WALNUT  STREET — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.        Per  Front  Foot 

West  of  Kedzie  avenue  sf  24x125 September  22.  $  87 

444  feet  west  of  Kedzie  avenue  sf  24x125 April  11.  100 

563  feet  west  of  Kedzie  avenue  sf  24x125 December  12.  90 

Between  Kedzie  and  Homan  avenues  sf  24x .August  23.  104 

435  feet  east  of  Homan  avenue  nf  25x150 June  25.  72 

200  feet  east  of  St.  Louis  avenue  nf  50x90 June  21.  64 

Near  Gar  field  Park  nf  30x March  5.  50 

WARREN  AVENUE. 

239  feet  west  of  Hoyne  avenue  sf  30x133 May  11.  133 

92  feet  west  of  Falls  street  sf  99x125 ! February  18.  150 

262  feet  east  of  Kedzie  avenue  sf  25x105 February  10.  131 

S  E  cor  of  Kedzie  avenue  nf  50x131 July  12.  170 

241  feet  west  of  Kedzie  avenue  sf  40x118 June  16.  125 

WASHINGTON  AVENUE. 

80  feet  north  of  49th  street  ef  45x150 October  3.  200 

Between  51st  and  52d  streets  wf  50x150 June  16.  200 

144  feet  south  of  57th  street  ef  50x150 January  13.  200 

350  feet  south  of  58th  street  ef  50x150 July  29.  200 

200  feet  north  of  Midway  Plaisance  ef  50x180.. June  16.  200 

150  feet  south  of  77th  street  ef  25x126 Sold  1895.  42 

283  feet  south  of  81st  street  ef  50x114 January  9.  40 

115  feet  south  of  82d  street  wf  40x114 July  1.  30 

141  feet  north  of  94th  street  wf  24x August  1.  60 

250  feet  north  of  107th  street  ef  150x268 September  3.  33 

WEST  WASHINGTON  STREET  AND  BOULEVARD. 

85  feet  west  of  Desplaines  street  sf  60x155 . .  .  .Sold  1899.  700 

N  W  cor  of  Ann  street  sf  46x108 May  17.  387 

S  E  cor  of  Leavitt  street  nf  95x125 Sold  1899.  226 

Near  Leavitt  street  sf  50x100 June  7.  250 

West  of  Falls  street  nf  50x January  28.  150 

75  feet  west  of  Falls  street  sf  25x100.. April  28.  145 

168  feet  east  of  Francisco  street  nf  24x122  . .  .  .April  23.  200 


98          REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

WEST  WASHINGTON  STREET  AND  BOULEVARD — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

144  feet  east  of  Francisco  street  nf  24x122 April  23.          $200 

75  feet  east  of  Francisco  street  sf  25x120 June  28.  200 

50  feet  east  of  Francisco  street  sf  25x120 June  28.  200 

N  E  cor  of  Francisco  street  sf  50x120 May  28.  250 

164  feet  east  of  Albany  avenue  nf  50x February  13.  200 

323  feet  west  of  Albany  avenue  sf  25x120 July  8.  190 

323  feet  west  of  Albany  avenue  sf  25x120 September  2.  204 

149  feet  east  of  Kedzie  avenue  nf  48x125 March  3.  200 

291  feet  west  of  Kedzie  avenue  nf  25x118 May  7.  180 

522  feet  east  of  Homan  avenue  sf  38x April  19.  225 

245  feet  east  of  Homan  avenue  sf  50x March  7.  200 

West  of  Hamlin  avenue  sf  24x158 September  20.  50 

150  feet  west  of  40th  street  nf  25x175 November  3.  66 

200  feet  west  of  40th  street  nf  25x175 April  13.  66 

275  feet  west  of  40th  street  25x175 November  3.  66 

176  feet  west  of  41st  street  sf  25x180 April  10.  44 

275  feet  west  of  42d  street  sf  25x180 July  27.  40 

150  feet  east  of  43d  street  nf  25x175 September  15.  60 

100  feet  east  of  43d  street  nf  25x175 June  8.  58 

26  feet  east  of  43d  street  nf  50x175 December  10.  50 

150  feet  east  of  44th  street  nf  25x175 September  15.  60 

S  E  cor  of  44th  street  nf  100x175 November  19.  100 

115  feet  east  of  46th  street  nf  25x175 February  3.  44 

WASHTENAW  AVENUE. 

125  feet  south  of  North  avenue  wf  25x105 November  11.  44 

50  feet  north  of  Thompson  street  wf  50x125  .  . .  July  11.  42 

146  feet  north  of  Hirsch  street  wf  25x126 December  14.  44 

S  W  cor  of  Iowa  street  ef  36x126 May  5.  33 

112  feet  north  of  VanBuren  street  wf  25x112 .  .July  11.  80 

North  of  Ogden  avenue  ef  25x125 March  26.  48 

S  W  cor  of  82d  street  ef  50x125 May  14.  30 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.  99 
WEBSTER  AVENUE. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

193  feet  east  of  Orchard  street  nf  24x145 May  4.  $117 

48  feet  east  of  Herndon  street  sf  24x121 October  17.  52 

250  feet  west  of  Clybourn  avenue  nf  25x120.  .  .May  10.  60 

N  E  cor  of  Hoyne  avenue  sf  50x109 September  1.  50 

WELLINGTON  STREET. 

228  feet  east  of  Clark  street  sf  25x128 February  20.  100 

166  feet  west  of  Halsted  street  nf  25x125 May  2. .  100 

191  feet  west  of  Halsted  street  nf  25x125 June  17.  100 

WENTWORTH  AVENUE. 

425  feet  south  of  31st  street  ef  25x125 April  15.  88 

250  feet  north  of  72d  street  wf  50x126 .  .April  1.  80 

250  feet  south  of  72d  street  wf  100x122 March  1.  80 

145  feet  north  of  73d  street  ef  100x124 March  1.  80 

N  E  cor  of  75th  street  wf  40x133 February  18.  57 

241  feet  south  of  115th  street  ef  50x124. February  1.  34 

WESTERN  AVENUE. 

175  feet  south  of  Cornelia  street  wf  50x124 November  22.  32 

50  feet  south  of  Noble  avenue  ef  1120x125 May  20.  26 

S  E  cor  of  Berlin  street  wf  24x100 July  16.  78 

24  feet  north  of  Bremen  street  wf  24x100 September  10.      46 

211  feet  south  of  North  avenue  wf  25x124 July  6.  42 

237  feet  south  of  North  avenue  wf  25x124 February  6.  44 

24  feet  north  of  Thompson  street  ef  24x126..  .  .June  14.  45 

S  W  cor  of  Thompson  street  ef  48x125 October  1.  62 

100  feet  south  of  Thompson  street  wf  85x124 . .  May  24.  40 

150  feet  south  of  Thompson  street  wf  25x124.  .August  10.  40 

50  feet  south  of  Hirsch  street  ef  25x126 July  14.  40 

N  E  cor  of  Potomac  avenue  wf  23x125 May  28.  50 

261  feist  north  of  Division  street  ef  24x126 . .  .  .February  9.  42 

275  feet  south  of  Ohio  street  ef  25x126 October  13.  80 

49  feet  south  of  Jackson  boulevard  wf  25x125.  .May  12.  120 
175  feet  south  of  VanBuren  street  wf  50x126.  .June  1.  100 


100       REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

WESTERN  AVENUE — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.        Per  Front  Foot 

425  feet  north  of  19th  street  ef  50x100 September  24.  $  58 

S  W  cor  of  35th  street  ef  120x247 June  10.  58 

265  feet  north  of  40th  street  ef  24x120 September  26.  40 

325  feet  south  of  41st  street  ef  25x125 November  11.  40 

35  feet  north  of  52d  street  wf  50x120 January  25.  37 

132  feet  south  of  95th  street  wf  75x123 December  23.  21 

WILCOX  AVENUE. 

275  feet  east  of  41st  street  nf  50x121 February  29.  31 

200  feet  east  of  41st  street  sf  25x121 October  27.  44 

N  E  cor  of  41st  street  sf  50x121 August  9.  50 

176  feet  west  of  41st  street  sf  25x121 January  30.  40 

WINCHESTER  AVENUE. 

191  feet  south  of  Polk  street  wf  25x114 May  17.  79 

266  feet  south  of  Polk  street  ef  25x115 February  13.  72 

466  feet  south  of  Polk  street  wf  25x114 February  27.  66 

419  feet  south  of  Taylor  street  wf  22x110.. . .  .  .March  24.  104 

S  W  cor  of  50th  street  ef  50x125 June  18.  23 

S  E  cor  of  53d  street  wf  100x125 May  17.  14 

57  feet  north  of  86th  street  wf  200x126 June  25.  26 

WINTER  STREET. 

191  feet  south  of  47th  street  ef  25x112 June  8.  60 

25  feet  north  of  49th  street  ef  25x112 March  22.  40 

199  feet  south  of  51st  street  wf  25x125 March  17.  40 

249  feet  north  of  52d  street  wf  25x125 June  15.  51 

48  feet  north  of  53d  street  ef  50x125 July  12.  39 

Near  53d  street  wf  24x125 February  15.  52 

198  feet  south  of  56th  street  wf  25x124 April  5.  44 

173  feet  north  of  57th  street  wf  25x124 January  18.  ^  40 

98  feet  south  of  68th  street  ef  50x160 ,  July  29.  68 

Between  68th  and  69th  streets  wf  50x160 December  1.  60 

200  feet  north  of  69th  street  ef  50x160 May  16.  60 

160  feet  north  of  76th  street  ef  40x125.  .           , .  March  24.  50 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.  101 

WINTER  STREET — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

35  feet  south  of  76th  street  ef  40x125 '.July  11.  $  60 

75  feet  south  of  76th  street  ef  35x125 July  11.  60 

160  feet  north  of  78th  street  ef  120x125 November  1.  60 

100  feet  south  of  78th  street  wf  60x126 January  12.  45 

WOOD  STREET. 

192  feet  south  of  Bloomingdale  ave.  ef  25x122. .July  12.  40 

357  feet  north  of  Wabansia  avenue  ef  24x122 . .  April  23.  42 

436  feet  north  of  Division  street  ef  48x95 February  3.  42 

98  feet  north  of  Augusta  street  ef  25x125 Juno  3.  60 

206  feet  south  of  Polk  street  wf  22x125 August  8.  90 

75  feet  south  of  16th  street  wf  25x110 January  1.  40 

50  feet  south  of  52d  street  ef  50x125 January  21.  21 

S  E  cor  of  86th  street  wf  40x125 July  25.  30 

66  feet  south  of  86th  street  ef  75x125 July  10.  15 

WOODLAWN  AVENUE. 

212  feet  north  of  55th  street  ef  25x164 July  5.  100 

190  feet  north  of  61st  street  ef  50x167 December  19.  125 

200  feet  north  of  62d  street  wf  50x165 September  20.  100 

250  feet  south  of  64th  street  wf  50x165 June  11.  140 

187  feet  north  of  65th  street  wf  50x165 September  15.  90 

60  feet  north  of  65th  street  wf  100x165 July  18.  75 

S  E  cor  of  65th  street  wf  100x165 February  8.  110 

S  W  cor  of  65th  street  ef  100x125 November  1.  98 

N  W  cor  of  65th  street  ef  50x October  24.  150 

250  feet  south  of  65th  street  ef  100x126 April  8.  75 

37  feet  south  of  72d  street  ef  25x120 .December  1.  120 

WRIGHTWOOD  AVENUE. 

150  feet  east  of  Hampden  court  nf  50x134 June  16.  200 

150  feet  west  of  Hainpden  court  sf  150x156..  .  .January  28.  213 

75  feet  west  of  Orchard  street  nf  24x116 April  19.  100 

N  E  cor  of  Best  avenue  sf  50x125 May  4.  100 

247  feet  east  of  Racine  avenue  sf  50x124. .        .March  3^..  140 


102       REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

WRIGHTWOOD  AVENUE — Continued. 

Description.  Sold.       Per  Front  Foot 

74  feet  east  of  Herndon  street  sf  50x124 May  16.  $>  60 

71  feet  west  of  Herndon  street  sf  25x125 January  25.          80 

187  feet  west  of  Southport  avenue  nf  24x125.  .  .April  1.  62 

N  W  cor  of  Paulina  street  sf  32x125 May  3.  37 

400  feet  west  of  Paulina  street  nf  25x . ....  .February  18. •       48 

N  E  cor  of  Commercial  street  sf  32x125 August  30.  36 

YALE  STREET. 

Between  65th  and  66th  streets  ef  50x187 May  26.  150 

170  feet  north  of  69th  street  wf  46x133 July  21.  109 

298  feet  north  of  70th  street  ef  40x132 July  9.  117 

50  feet  south  of  72d  street  wf  50x122 July  1.  80 

YORKTOWN  STREET. 

S  E  cor  of  33d  street  wf  46x125 July  5.  45 

141  feet  north  of  34th  street  ef  24x125 April  5.  42 

Between  34th  and  35th  streets  wf  24x125 November  28.  58 

NOTE. — The  foregoing  tables  of  front  foot  values  represent,  in  the  main, 
vacant  property  only.  It  will  be  seen,  however,  that  in  some  sections  of  the  city 
•where  the  lands  are  almost  entirely  covered  with  buildings  it  is  impossible  to  obtain 
a  record  of  sales  of  vacant  property,  but  that  in  some  such  cases  where  sales  have 
been  made  the  improvements  were  of  little  or  no  value  and  were  not  considered  in 
the  prices  paid.  In  such  cases  sales  are  classed  as  vacant  property.  An  instance 
of  this  kind  can  be  seen  in  the  record  of  sales  of  property  on  West  Randolph  street 
east  of  Halsted  street  where  the  improvements  were  of  little  or  no  value  and  hardly 
worth  the  cost  of  removal. 

The  reaction  in  values  of  real  estate,  noticed  in  the  outlying  district  of  Chicago 
immediately  after  the  World's  Fair,  has  been  almost  entirely  overcome  by  the 
increase  of  population  and  the  additional  demand  for  houses;  while,  in  the  business 
center,  the  volume  of  trade  transacted  in  the  year  1899  was  far  greater  than  that  of 
any  other  year  in  Chicago's  history. 


GENERAL    STATISTICS    OF    CHICAGO. 


.  SPECIAL  AND  GENERAL  TAXES  OF  CHICAGO. 

Year.  Special  Tax.  General  Tax. 

1825  . .  Peoria  county 

(Chicago  precinct).                           $            90.47 

1834.  .Chicago  town.                           48.90 

1837..  Chicago  city. .                           5,905.15 

1862 $     42,635.49 564,038.05 

1863 46,493.67 853,346.00 

1864 389,169.31 974,665.64 

1865 108,576.35 1,294,183.50 

1866 802,574.56 1,719,064.00 

1867 317,206.18 2,518,472.00 

1868 1,354,436.48 3,223,457.80 

1869 2,395,683.03 3,990,373.20 

1870 2,836,852.48 4,139,798.70 

1871 2,359,835.89 2,897,467.40 

1872 62,222.55 4,252,951.45 

1873 None 5,617,313.91 

1874 749,469.27 5,466',692.54 

1875 783,840.24 5,108,981.40 

1876 .    1,516,081.87 4,046,805.80 

1877 124,498.48 4,046,805,80 

1878 284,900.45 4,013,410.44 

1879 588,963.44 3,778,856.80 

1880 980,895.59 3,776,888.19 

1881 1,227,159.72 3,899,126.98 

1882 1,395,372.96 4,136,608.38 

1883 2,232,757.04 4,227,402.98 

1884 2,857,905.28 4,540,505.13 

1885 2,889,544.80 4,872,453.60 


104       REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

SPECIAL  AND  GENERAL  TAXES — Continued. 

Year.  Special  Tar.  General  Tax. 

1886 $3,307,567.99 $  5,152,356.03 

1887 3,160,474.67 5,368,409.76 

1888 3,655,956.78 5,723,067.75 

1889 4,220,896.93 6,326,561.21 

1890 6,897,156.48 9,558,334.80 

1891 8,790,443.29 10,453,270.41 

1892 14,505,701.79 12,142,448.75 

1893 6,001,445.65 11,810,959.69 

1894 2,903,814.16 12,267,643.62 

1895 4,387,214.44 14,239,685.13 

1896 4,037,319.96 12,290,145.21 

1897 2,102,951.45 12,939,333.00 

1898 2,122,757.35 12,207,906.82 

1899 3,685,400.36 13,359,270.53 


REAL  ESTATE  TRANSFERS  ISQO  TO  1899  INCLUSIVE, 

Year.  Amount. 

1890 $194,303,532 

1891 ,  181,522,269 

1892 180,892,364 

1893 , 129,614,572 

1894 120,177,305 

1895 132,225,170 

1896 105,475,557 

1897 ; 99,556,147 

1898 93,100,276 

1899..  108,210,111 


BUILDINGS  CONSTRUCTED  1890  TO  1899  INCLUSIVE. 

Year.  No.  of  Buildings.  Cost. 

1890 11,544 $47,373,200 

1891 11,805 54,201,800 

1892 13,194 64,740,800 

1893 8,359 28,708,750 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.        105 

BUILDINGS  CONSTRUCTED — Continued. 

Year.  No.  of  Buildings.  Cost. 

1894 9,836 $33,805,670 

1895 8,633 35,010,048 

1896 6,444 22,730,615 

1897 5,294 21,777,230 

1898 4,066 21,281,225 

1899 3,792 20,856,570 


NOTABLE  BUILDINGS  IN  CHICAGO, 

THE  AUDITORIUM  BUILDING  CONTAINS— 
300,000  cubic  feet  of  granite, 
17,000,000  brick, 

50,000,000  pieces  of  marble  for  mosaic  floors, 
50,000  square  feet  of  plate  glass, 
25  miles  of  gas  and  water  pipes, 
230  miles  of  electric  wire  and  cables, 
10,000  electric  lights, 
11  dynamos, 
13  electric  motors, 
4  hydraulic  motors, 
11  boilers, 
21  pumping  engines, 
13  elevators 
and  cost,  to  build,  $3,200,000. 

THE  MASONIC  TEMPLE  is — 
276  feet  high. 

Has  a  floor  space  of  nearly  ten  acres. 
Has  17  elevators  with  a  carrying 
capacity  of  100,000  people  per  day, 
and  cost,  to  build,  $2,000,000. 

THE  MONADNOCK  BUILDING 

Is  the  largest  office  building  in  the  world.  It  covers  the  entire 
block  of  land  bounded  by  Jackson  boulevard,  Dearborn  and  Van- 
Buren  streets  and  Custom  House  place.  It  is  16  stories  high,  has 
16  passenger  elevators,  1,600  offices  and  mosaic  marble  floors 
throughout. 

THE  MONTGOMERY  WARD  NEW  MERCANTILE  BUILDING, 

At  the  northwest  corner  of  Madison  street  and  Michigan  avenue, 
is  the  tallest  building  in  Chicago.  It  towers  385  feet  above  the 
sidewalk. 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.        107 

PROMINENT  TALL  OFFICE  BUILDINGS  IN  CHICAGO, 

Names  and  Locations.  Stories 

Adams  Express  Building,  Dearborn  street  near  Adams  street. .  11 

Ashland,  N  E  cor  of  Randolph  and  Clark  streets 16 

Atwood,  N  W  cor  of  Clark  and  Madison  streets 10 

Auditorium,  N  W  cor  of  Michigan  avenue  and  Congress  street.  18 

Board  of  Trade,  Jackson  boulevard  opposite  LaSalle  street. ...  9 

Boyce,  Dearborn  street  near  Washington  street 12 

Calumet,  LaSalle  street  near  Monroe  street 9 

Caxton,  Dearborn  street  near  Harrison  street 12 

Chamber  of  Commerce,  SE  cor  LaSalle  and  Washington  streets.  13 

Champlain,  N  W  cor  of  State  and  Madison  streets 15 

Columbus  Memorial,  S  E  cor  of  State  and  Washington  streets. .  14 

Commerce,  Pacific  avenue  near  Jackson  boulevard 9 

Commercial  National  Bank,  S  E  cor  Dearborn  and  Monroe  sts. .  7 
Consolidated  Exchange  (Omaha)  S  E  cor  of  VanBuren  street  and 

Pacific  avenue 8 

Continental  National  Bank,  LaSalle  street  near  Adams  street.  . .  10 

Counselman,  N  W  cor  of  LaSalle  street  and  Jackson  boulevard.  10 

Ellsworth,  N  E  cor  of  Dearborn  and  Harrison  streets 14- 

Equitable,  Dearborn  street  near  Washington  street 8 

First  National  Bank,  N  W  cor  of  Dearborn  and  Monroe  streets.  7 

Fisher,  N  E  cor  of  Dearborn  and  VanBuren  streets 18 

Fort  Dearborn,  S  W  cor  of  Clark  and  Monroe  streets 12 

Gaff,  LaSalle  street  near  Jackson  boulevard 10 

Grand  Central  Passenger  Station,  S  W  cor  of  Harrison  street 

and  Fifth  avenue 13 

Great  Northern,  N  E  cor  of  Dearborn  street  and  Jackson  blvd..  16 

Hartford,  S  W  cor  of  Dearborn  and  Madison  streets 14 

Home  Insurance,  N  E  cor  of  LaSalle  and  Adams  streets 12 

Illinois  National  Bank,  Dearborn  street  near  Madison  street..  . .  9 

Insurance,  Dearborn  street  near  Harrison  street 12 

_nsurance  Exchange,  LaSalle  street  near  Quincy  street 10 

Isabella,  VanBuren  street  near  State  street 11 


108       REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

TALL  OFFICE  BUILDINGS — Continued. 

Names  and  Locations.  Stories 

Journal,  Washington  street  near  Fifth  avenue 10 

Kedzie,  Randolph  street  near  Clark  street 9 

Mailers,  LaSalle  street  near  Quincy  street 13 

Manhattan,  Dearborn  street  near  VanBuren  street 16 

Marquette,  N  W  cor  of  Dearborn  and  Adams  streets 16 

Masonic  Temple,  N  E  cor  of  State  and  Randolph  streets.  ......  21 

Medinah  Temple,  N  E  cor  of  Fifth  ave.  and  Jackson  blvd 14 

Merchants  Loan  and  Trust,  N  W  cor  of  Clark  and  Adams  sts. .  12 

Metropolitan,  N  W  cor  of  LaSalle  and  Randolph  streets 8 

Monadnock,  Dearborn  and  VanBuren  streets,  and  Jackson  boule- 
vard and  Custom  House  place 16 

Monon,  Dearborn  street  near  VanBuren  street 13 

Montauk,  Monroe  street  near  Dearborn  street 10 

National  Bank  of  Illinois,  Dearborn  st.  near  Washington  st. .  . .  9 

New  York  Life  Insurance,  N  E  cor  LaSalle  and  Monroe  streets.  13 

Occidental,  N  E  cor  of  Market  and  Washington  streets 8 

Old  Colony,  S  E  cor  of  Dearborn  and  VanBuren  streets 17 

Owens,  S  E  cor  of  Dearborn  and  Adams  streets ,  14 

Oxford,  LaSalle  street  near  Randolph  street 8 

Pontiac,  N  W  cor  of  Dearborn  and  Harrison  streets 14 

Pullman,  S  W  cor  of  Michigan  avenue  and  Adams  street 10 

Rand-McNally,  Adams  and  Quincy  streets  near  LaSalle  street. .  10 

Reaper  Block,  N  E  cor  of  Clark  and  Washington  streets 9 

Reliance,  S  W  cor  of  State  and  Washington  streets 14 

Rialto,  Sherman  and  VanBuren  streets  and  Pacific  avenue 9 

Rookery,  S  E  cor  of  LaSalle  and  Adams  streets 11 

Royal  Insurance,  Jackson  boulevard  near  LaSalle  street 13 

Schiller,  Randolph  street  near  Clark  street  (Tower) 16 

Security,  S  E  cor  of  Madison  street  and  Fifth  avenue 14 

Silversmith's,  Wabash  avenue  near  Madison  street 10 

Star  Accident  Insurance,  Dearborn  street  near  Harrison  street. .  12 

Steinway  Hall,  VanBuren  street  near  Wabash  avenue 11 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.       109 

TALL  OFFICE  BUILDINGS — Continued. 

Names  and  Locations.  Stories 

Stewart,  N  W  cor  of  Washington  and  State  streets 12 

Stock  Exchange,  S  W  cor  of  LaSalle  and  Washington  streets. .  13 

Tacoma,  N  E  cor  of  LaSalle  and  Madison  streets 13 

Temple  Court,  N  E  cor  of  Dearborn  and  Quincy  streets 9 

Teutonic,  S  E  cor  of  Washington  street  and  Fifth  avenue 10 

Title  and  Trust,  Washington  street  near  Clark  street 16 

Trude,  S  W  cor  of  Wabash  avenue  and  Randolph  street. 11 

Unity,  Dearborn  street  near  Randolph  street 16 

Venetian,  Washington  street  near  State  street 12 

Western  Bank  Note,  S  W  cor  of  Michigan  av.  and  Madison  st. .  8 

Western  Union,  Clark  st. ,  Jackson  blvd.  and  Pacific  ave 11 

Woman's  Temple,  S  W  cor  of  LaSalle  and  Monroe  streets 12 

Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  LaSalle  st.  near  Madison  st.  13 


POPULATION  OF  CHICAGO  1831  TO- 1898  INCLUSIVE. 

Year.                                                  By  Whom  Taken.  Population 

1831 60 

1832 600 

1833 350 

1834 1,800 

1835 3,265 

1836 4,000 

1837 City 4,170 

1840 United  States 4,479 

1843 City 7,580 

1845 State 12,088 

1846 City 14,169 

1847 City 16,859 

1848 City 20,023 

1849 City 23,047 

1850 United  States 28,269 

1853 City 60,652 


110       REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

POPULATION  or  CHICAGO — Continued. 

Year.  By  Whom  Taken.  Population 

1855 State.. 80,000 

1856 City 84,113 

1860 United  States 109,206 

1862 City 138,186 

1864 City 169,353 

1865 State 178,492 

1866 City 200,418 

1868 City 252,054 

1870 United  States 306,605 

1872 City 367,396 

1874 City 395,408 

1876 City 407,661 

1878 City 436,731 

1880 United  States 503,185 

1882 City 560,693 

1884 City 693,861 

1886 City 703,817 

1888 City 802,651 

1890 ; United  States, 1,099,850 

1892 City 1,438,010 

1894 City 1,567,727 

1896 City 1,616,635 

1898 City 1,851,588 

1900..,  ..United  States.., 


SCHOOLS  OF  CHICAGO, 

Year.  Teachers.  Scholars 

1837.  The  public  schools  of  Chicago  had 4  400 

1842.  "          "            "                "          "    7  531 

1847.  "          "            "                "          "    18  1,317 

1852.  "          "            "                "          «    29  2,404 

1857.  "         "           "               "         "    70  8,577 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.       Ill 

SCHOOLS  OF  CHICAGO — Continued. 

Year.  Teachers.          Scholars 

1862.  The  public  schools  of  Chicago  had. 187  17,521 

1867.  "  "  "  "  "  319  27,260 

1872.  "  "  "  "  "  476  38,035 

1877.  "  "  "  ".  "  730  53,529 

1882.  «  "  "  "  " 1,019  68,614 

1887.  "  "  "  u  "  1,574  84,902 

1892.  "  "  "  "  u  3,300  157,743 

1897.  "  u  "  "  4,914  225,718 

1898.  "          "  "  "          "    5,268     236,239 

1899.  "          "  "  "          "    5,806     255,861 

1898.     Number  of  school  buildings  owned  by  city 318 

1898.  Number  of  rooms  rented  for  school  purposes  in  city  . .    332 

1898.  Amount  expended  for  public  schools  of  city  for 

the  year  ending  Juno  30,  1898 $6,785,501 

1898.     Number  of  pupils  in  private  and  parochial  schools 

in  city 114,180 


MAYORS  OF  CHICAGO. 

Name.  When  Elected. 

William  B.  Ogden May  2, 

Buckner  S.  Morris March  6, 

B.  W.  Raymond. March  5, 

Alexander  Lloyd March  3, 

Francis  C.  Sherman March  5, 

Benjamin  W.  Raymond March  7, 

Augustus  Garrett March  7, 

A.  S.  Sherman March  7, 

Augustus  Garrett March  5, 

John  P.  Chapin March  3, 

James  Curtis March  2, 

John  H.  Wentworth March  7, 

John  H.  Wentworth March  6, 

James  Curtis March  5, 


112       REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO 

MAYORS  OF  CHICAGO — Continued. 

Name.  When  Elected. 

Walter  S.  Gurnee , .  March  4,  1851 

Walter  S.  Gurnee March  2,  1852 

Charles  M.  Gray March  14,  1853 

Isaac  L.  Miliken March  15,  1854 

Levi  D.  Boone March  8,  1855 

Thomas  Dyer March  10,  1856 

John  Wentworth March  3,  1857 

John  C.  Haines ..  . March  2,  1858 

John  C.  Haines March  1,  1859 

John  Wentworth March  6,  1860 

Julien  C.  Ramsey April  16,  1861 

Francis  C.  Sherman April  15,  1862 

Francis  C.  Sherman April  21,  1863 

John  B.  Rice April  18,  1865 

John  B.  Rice ' April  16,  1867 

Roswell  B.  Mason . , Nov.  2,  1869 

Joseph  Medill Nov.  7,  1871 

Harvey  D.  Colvin Nov.  4,  1873 

Monroe  Heath July  12,  1876 

Monroe  Heath April  3,  1877 

Carter  H.  Harrison April  1,  1879 

Carter  H.  Harrison April  5,  1881 

Carter  H.  Harrison April  3,  1883 

Carter  H.  Harrison April  7,  1885 

John  A.  Roacbe April  5,  1887 

DeWitt  C.  Cregier April  2,  1889 

Hernpstead  Washburn April  7,  1891 

Carter  H.  Harrison April  4,  1893 

George  B.  Swift,  pro  tern Nov.  4,  1893 

John  P.  Hopkins Dec.  19,  1893 

George  B.  Swift April  5,  1895 

Carter  H.  Harrison,  Jr April  6,  1897 

Carter  H.  Harrison,  Jr April  4,  1899 


WATER  PUMPING  SYSTEM  OF  CHICAGO. 

Amount  of  water  pumped  by  the  Chicago  water  works  system  aud 

revenues  'received  for  the  same  from  the  year  1858  to  the  year 
1899  inclusive. 

Net  Revenue 

Year.                                                            Million  Gallons.  Per  Million  Gallons. 

1858 1,092 193.57 

1859 1,415 86.75 

1860 1,717 76.39 

1861 1,767 74.15 

1862 2,705  (15  months) 69.66 

1863 2,336  (9  months) 82.29 

1864 2,533 89.14 

1865 2,778 91.11 

1866 3,169 95.30 

1867 4,232 80.08 

1868 5,375 78.26 

1869 6,801 70.13 

1870 7,945 67.86 

1871 8,423 52.93 

1872 10,051 54. 17 

1873 11,723 60.46 

1874 13,903 50.77 

1875 10,975  (9  months) 58.04 

1876  15,346 50.30 

1877 19,047 47.70 

1878 19,564 42.28 

1879 20,558 44.85 

1880 21,003 41.21 

1881 23,332 40.16 

1882 24,151 43.46 

1883 26,742 42.73 

1884 29,286 41.12 

1885 33,415 40.03 

1886 35,693 38.52 

1887 37,199 40.05 

1888 38,122 40.84 

1889 40,504 40.04 

1890 55,614 39.61 

1891 63,552 37.21 

1892  .  .  71,035  .        38.55 


114       REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

WATER  PUMPING  SYSTEM — -Continued. 

Net  Revenue 
Year.  Milion  Gallons.  Per  Million  Gallons. 

1893 86,298 $34.18 

1894 87,074 36.27 

1895 91,922 36.20 

1896 93,040 34.14 

1897 96,918 33.08 

1898 99,665 32.01 

1899 -. 109,755 29.18 

1899.     Summary  of   water  pumped  for  the  year: 

Number  of  gallons 109,755,909,894 

Daily  average,  gallons 300,701,123 

Year,  per  capita,  gallons 59,276 

Daily,  per  capita,  gallons 162 

Year,  net  revenue $3,203,569.71 

Daily,  net  revenue 8,777.00 

1898.     Capacity  of  water  tunnels  under  the  lake: 

Daily,  gallons 415,000,000 

1898.     Number  of  miles  of  lake  tunnels  in  use 19.00 

1898.     Number  of  miles  of  lake  tunnels  under  construction. .    2.66 

1898.     Number  of  miles  of  land  tunnels  in  use 6.03 

1898.     Number  of  miles  of  land  tunnels  under  construction.  .10.00 


Total 37.69 

1898.     Number  of  miles  of  water  mains  and  pipes  in  city.  1,801. 25 

Comparison  of  the  water  meter  rates  of  Chicago  with  those  of  some 
other  large  cities: 

Meter  Rates 
Cities.  Per  1,000  Gallons 

Boston $0. 18| 

Brooklyn ,.  0.10 

Cincinnati 0.  lOf 

Kansas  City 0. 31 

New  York 0. 

Omaha 0. 35 

Philadelphia 0. 04 

Pittsburg 0. 20 

St.  Louis 0.30 

Chicago — rate  for  first    165,000   gallons    used  on  a    single 

premise  in  one  month 0. 10 

In  excess  of  165,000  gallons  to  5,000,000  gallons 0.08 

In  excess  of  5,000,000  gallons 0.04 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.        115 

• 

WATER  PUMPING  SYSTEM — Continued. 

The  total  income  from  the  Chicago  water  works  system  from  the 
time  of  purchase  to  January  1,  1899,  was 148,556,042.53 

The  total  cost  of  the  Chicago  water  works  system, 
including  original  purchase  price,  labor,  main- 
tenance, etc.,  to  January  1,  1899,  was $30,220,952.53 


Some  idea  of  the  quantity  of  water  pumped  in  the  Chicago  water 
works  system  for  the  year  1899  can  be  had  from  the  following 
comparisons:  If  the  number  of  gallons  pumped  for  the  year  1899 
were  all  represented  in  silver  dollars  and  a  man  engaged  to  count 
them,  he  counting  100  per  minute  and  working  12  hours  per  day, 
it  would  require  over  one  and  one-half  million  days  to  complete  the 
task. 

The  net  revenues  received  from  the  Chicago  water  works  system 
for  water  pumped  in  1899,  gross  pumpage,  amounted  to  nearly 
3^  cents  per  1,000  gallons,  or  at  the  rate  of  ten  barrels  per  one 
cent.  At  this  seemingly  insignificant  figure  the  net  revenues  for 
the  year  were  $3,203,569.71. 

MAIL  WAS  CARRIED  TO  AND  FROM  CHICAGO. 

In  1831,  on  foot  once  a  month. 

In  1832,  on  horseback  once  a  week. 

In  1833,  by  wagon  once  a  week. 

In  1834,  by  stage  semi-weekly. 

In  1835-' 36,  by  stage  tri-weekly. 

In  1837,  by  stage  daily. 

In  1850,  by  railroad  daily. 

In  1899,  by  railroads,   street  cars,    boats  and   wagons 

continuously. 

In  1831  mail  for  the  Chicago  postoffice  was  deposited  in  a  dry 
goods  box.  In  1899  a  new  postoffice  building  is  being  built,  to 
cost  when  completed  $4,000,000.  This  building  and  the  block  of 
land  upon  which  it  stands  will  represent  a  value  of  $9,000,000. 
There  were  sold  in  the  Chicago  postoffice  during  the  month  of  March, 
1899,  postage  stamps  amounting  to  $991,763.38. 


116       REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

• 

CITY  PARKS  IN  CHICAGO,  1896, 

Name.  Acres. 

Jackson   Park 586. 00 

Wash ington  Park 371. 00 

Lincoln  Park..  ,..320.00 


210.90 


T    ,     ,-,  Old,     41.30 

Lake  1  ront  Park 1  M    '    ., .,_  ._  V 

(  New,  169.60  j 

HumboldtPark 200.62 

Garfield  Park 185.87 

Douglas  Park 179.79 

Midway  Plaisance 80. 00 

Gage  Park 20.00 

Palmer   Square 15.79 

Union  Park 14.80 

Logan  Square 6.06 

Jeft'erson   Park 5.42 

East  End  Park 5.20 

Jefferson  Park  (Town  of  Jefferson) 5.00 

Wicker  Park 4.89 

Vernon  Park 4.51 

Woodland  Park 3.86 

Sacramento  Square 3.65 

Groveland  Park 3.40 

Holstein  Park 2.38 

Ellis  Park 2.37 

Washington  Square 2.30 

Douglas  Monument  Park 2.02 

Aldine  Square 1 . 49 

Shedds  Park 1.08 

Bickerdike  Square 94 

Adams  Park 82 

Triangle  Park 70 

Congress   Park 68 

Campbell  Park 55 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO.       117 

CITY  PARKS — Continued. 

Name.  Acres. 

Gross  Park 0.53 

Union  Square 46 

Lakewood  Park 27 

Irving  Park 25 

Oak  Park 20 

Green  Bay  Park 19 


BUILDINGS  IN  CHICAGO  1674  TO  1890  INCLUSIVE, 

Jn  1674  Chicago  had  1  cabin. 
In  1777  Chicago  had  1  house. 
In  1804  Chicago  had  4  houses. 
In  1812  Chicago  had  5  houses. 
In  1825  Chicago  had  14  houses. 
In  1837  Chicago  had  516  houses. 
In  1868  Chicago  had  39,366  houses. 
In  1870  Chicago  had  56,000  houses. 
In  1890  Chicago  had  127,871  houses,  220,320  families, 
8.60  persons  to  a  house,  4.99  persons  to  a  family. 


In  1680  Chicago  was  spelled  Checaugou. 

In  1684       "          "       u       Checagon. 

In  1699       "          u       "        Chicagu. 

In  1700       "          " 

Chekagou. 

In  1703       "          " 

4        Chegakou. 

In  1733        "          " 

'        Cbigagou. 

In  1760       "          " 

'        Chogage. 

In  1774       ««          " 

'        Chicagou. 

In  1795       "          "       "1   Chikago. 

In  1800       "          "       »*1   Chicago. 

The  Indians  called  Chicago  She-Kaug.(Pole  Cat.) 

The  literal  meaning  of  the  word  Chicago,  in  the  Indian  language, 
is — Great,  Strong,  Powerful. 

Allegorical  figure  of  Chicago — A — significant  of  "The  Chicago 
river  and  its  two  branches." 

City  Emblem — a  goddess  with  a  crown  of  the  phoenix.  Motto: 
"I  Will  Rise." 


118       REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

AREA  OF  CHICAGO  1837  TO  1899  INCLUSIVE. 

Year.  Square  Miles 

1839.  March  4 , >. 10.635 

1847.  February  16 / 14.01 

1853.  February  12 17.998 

1863.  February  13 24.282 

1869.  February  27 35. 662 

1887.  May  16 36. 662 

1889.  April  29 43.812 

1889.  July  15 169.882 

1890.  April  1 171.655 

1890.  May  12 174.554 

1890.  November  4 179.157 

1891.  April  7 • 180.138 

1893.  April  4 -.184.013 

1893.  November  7 186.138 

1895.  February  25 187.138 

1899 189.63 

1899.  Extreme  length  of  Chicago  north  and  south,  miles.  .  .26.00 

1899.  Extreme  width  of  Chicago  east  and  west,  miles 14.50 

1899.  Longest  streets  in  Chicago: 

Western  avenue,  miles 22 

Halsted  street,  miles 21|- 

State  street,  miles 17 

Milwaukee  avenue,  miles 1 1 J 

87th  street,  miles 10£ 

North  avenue,  miles 9  J 

1899.     Jan.  1,  total  length  of  all  streets  in  city,  miles. .  .  .2,573.00 

1899.     Jan.  1,  total  length  of  all  alleys  in  city,  miles 1,373.00 

1899.     Jan.  1,  total  length  of  all  sidewalks  in  city,  miles. 5, 354. 35 
1899.     Jan.  1,  total  length  of  all  sewers  in  city,  miles.. .  .1,388.35 


1898.     Amount  expended  for  street  cleaning  and  repairs.  $458,667. 70 
1898.      Amount    expended  for    collection    and    dis- 
posal of  garbage $      421,202.21 


REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO         119 

1898.     Amount  expended  for  lighting  city $      689,465.85 

1898.     January  1st,  money  in  city  treasury 2,592,456.05 

1898.     Amount  of  receipts  for  year 33,160,967.59 

1898.  Amount  of  expenditures  for  year 33,316,184.00 

1899.  January  1st  balance  in  city  treasury 2,437,239.64 

1899.     January  1st,  total  indebtedness  of  city 19,457,904.00 

1898.     Number  of  uniformed  men  in  police  service 2,675 

1898.     Number  of  uniformed  men  in  fire  department 1,109 

1898.     Number  of  bridges  in  city  (2f  miles) 61 

1898.     Number  of  viaducts  in  city  (34^  miles) 37 

1898.     Dock  frontage  in  city  (miles) 52 

1898.     Number  of  vessels  entering  Chicago  harbor 9,189 

1898.     Number  of  vessels  leaving  Chicago  harbor.    9,323 

1898.     Total  lake  freights  (tons) 15,116,426 

1898.     Average  cargo  of  vessels  (tons) 817 

1898.     Duties  collected  at  port  of  Chicago $5,298,036.70 

1898.     Number  of  railroads  entering  Chicago 39 

1898.  Number  of  miles  of  railroad  tracks  in  Chicago. .  .  .1,515.39 

1898.  Assessed  valuation  of  railroad  property  in 

Chicago  including  street  car  companies $  12,563,882.00 

1898.     Number  of  banks  in  city  reporting 40 

1898.     April  6th,  capital  of  Chicago  banks $  34,577,000.00 

1898.     April  6th,  deposits  in  Chicago  banks 208,123,280.00 


(Corporation  Statistics — Document  Reports.) 

1898.     Number  of  miles  of  surface  street  car  lines  in  city.  .775.50 

1898.     Capital  stock  of  all  companies $49,460,000.00 

1898.     Bonded  capitalzation  of  same 46,750,300.00 

1898.     Total  capitalization  of  same 96,210,300.00 

1897.     Gross  receipts  of  the  three   principal  com- 
panies     11,627.986.00 

1897.     Operating  expenses,    including   maintenance 

of  way 6,158,572.00 


120       REAL  ESTATE  VALUES  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES  OF  CHICAGO. 

1897.  Cash  dividends  paid  stockholders $  3,344,968.00 

Regular  and  extra  dividends,  all  sources,  in  six 

years  ending  1897  paid  by  the  three  com- 
panies   21,612,968.00 

Interest  charged  off  in  six  years 6,998,271.00 

Amount  carried  to  surplus  account  over  all  costs, 
dividends,  interest,  operating,  depreciation, 
maintenance,  etc 2,463,414.00 

Total  profits  over  all  cost  of  operating  and 

maintenance  in  six  years 31,074,653.00 

Total  profits  including  unearned  increment  in 
market  value  of  stocks  and  bonds  in  six 
years ' 66,526,003.00 

1898.  May  1st,  number  of  miles  of  elevated  roads 41.73 

Capital  stock  of  same $56,323,800.00 

Bonded  capitalization  of  same 41,271,000.00 

Total  capitalization 97,594,800.00 

1898.     Peoples'  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company: 

Capital  stock 25,000,000.00 

Bonded  capitalization 34,246,000.00 

Total  capitalization 59,246,000.00 


Chicago  has  a  wholesale  grocery  house  which  transacted  a  busi- 
ness in  the  year  1899  of  over  $15,000,0000. 

Chicago  has  a  wholesale  mercantile  house  which  occupies,  to  the 
full  capacity,  a  floor  space  of  twenty-five  acres. 

Chicago  has  a  retail  store  which  employs,  during  the  busy 
season,  2,400  clerks. 

There  was  received  in  Chicago  in  the  year  1892  a  total  of 
2,250,298,000  feet  of  lumber,  exclusive  of  lath,  shingles,  cedar 
posts  and  railroad  ties.  This  lumber,  if  sawed  into  boards,  would 
girdle  the  earth  nine  times  with  a  sidewalk  two  feet  wide,  or  would 
be  sufficient  to  build  a  toboggan  slide  from  the  earth  to  the  moon. 


NOTES    OF    INTEREST. 


Do  Real  Estate  Investments  in  Chicago  Pay? 

In  the  year  1848  vacant  lots,  25x150  feet,  rented  in  the  best 
part  of  the  business  center  of  Chicago  for  $250  per  annum. 

A  twenty-foot  lot  on  Clark  street,  opposite  the  county  building, 
sold  in  1889  for  £30,000.  This  lot  is  now  worth  $100,000. 

In  the  year  1892  the  store  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Clark 
and  Madison  streets,  twenty  feet  front,  rented  for  over  $10,000  per 
annum. 

The  ground  at  the  northwest  corner  of  State  and  Madison 
streets,  66.50x105. 50  feet,  was  leased  in  the  year  1890  for  $35,000 
per  annum. 

In  the  year  1848  the  best  four-story  brick  business  houses, 
25x100  feet,  in  the  business  center  of  Chicago,  could  be  rented  for 
$800  per  annum. 

The  lot  on  the  northwest  corner  of  State  and  Washington 
streets,  91.50x95  feet  sold  in  1844  for  $500.  The  same  land  is 
worth  at  the  present  time  (1899)  $1,000,000. 

The  southeast  corner  of  Clark  and  Madison  streets,  90x200  feet, 
sold  October  22,  1833,  for  $62.  According  to  recent  sales  of  land 
in  that  vicinity  this  lot  is  now  worth  over  $1,000,000. 

The  lot  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Washington  and  LaSalle 
streets,  100  feet  square,  was  sold  about  forty  years  since  for  $1,600. 
The  same  land  is  worth  at  the  present  time  (1899)  about  $1,000,000. 

The  lot  on  the  northeast  corner  of  Clark  and  Randolph  streets, 
being  180  feet  on  Clark  street  by  80  feet  on  Randolph,  was  sold  in 
1834  for  sfiO.  The  same  land  is  worth  at  the  present  time  (1899) 
s  soi  i,  000. 

The  fragment  of  a  lot  at  the  northwest  corner  of  Dearborn  and 
Madison  streets,  2o\40  feet,  sold  in  1892  for  $250  per  square  foot. 


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This,  so  far  as  known,  was  the  highest  price  ever  paid  in  Chicago 
for  real  estate. 

The  six-story  building  at  118  and  120  State  street,  46x106  feet, 
was  leased  in  the  year  1899  for  a  term  of  ten  years  at  a  rate  of 
$66,000  per  annum.  Allowing  $1,000  per  front  foot  for  the  build- 
ing, thii  lease  would  represent,  on  a  5  per  cent,  basis,  a  valuation 
of  $1,274,000  for  the  land. 

School  Section  No.  16,  bounded  by  State,  Madison,  Halsted  and 
12th  streets,  comprises  144  blocks  of  land;  140  blocks  of  this 
section  were  sold  at  public  auction  October  22,  1833,  for  the  sum 
total  of  $38,865.  This  section  in  the  present  year  (1899)  has  an 
estimated  value  of  $100,000,000. 

The  block  of  land  now  the  site  of  the  new  Chicago  postoffice, 
having  an  area  of  three  and  twenty-seven  one-hundreths  acres,  was 
sold  October  22,  1833,  for  the  sum  of  $505.  The  United  States 
Government  was  lately  offered  $5,000,000  for  this  land,  which  sum 
would  represent  an  average  yearly  increase  in  value  for  the  past 
sixty-six  years  of  $75,757. 

Mr.  J.  S.  Wright  in  his  book  "Past,  Present  and  Future  of 
Chicago,"  says:  < 'October  15th,  1834,  I  bought  forty-three  and 
eighty-sevenths  one-hundredth  acres  of  Section  22,  from  the  Lake 
to  State  street,  and  from  12th  street  south  at  $80  per  acre.  Janu- 
ary 27,  1835,  I  bought  eighty  acres  in  South  ^,  Southeast  quarter 
of  Section  34,  close  to  the  lake  and  now  in  the  city  for  $800." 
This  land  in  Section  34  spoken  of  by  Mr.  Wright  lies  north  of 
39th  street  and  near  the  lake.  A  vacant  lot  sold  in  that  locality 
August  20,  1892,  brought  $1,000  per  front  foot. 

Some  years  ago  a  money  leaner  loaned  $4,000  on  160  acres  of 
land  situated  a  little  southwest  of  the  city  of  Chicago.  The  owner 
did  not  redeem  the  land  and  the  property  was  foreclosed.  The 
man  who  had  loaned  the  money  received  the  land  for  the  debt. 
After  holding  the  land  a  few  years  a  buyer  came  along  who  pur- 
chased the  land  for  $46,000.  The  money  leaner  had  realized  an 


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annual  increase  of  $4,200,  as  interest  on  the  original  $4,000  he  had 
loaned  on  the  property. 

A  few  years  ago  an  agent  held  some  lots  for  sale  located  in  the 
southern  part  of  the  city  of  Chicago  and  near  Lake  Michigan,  which 
he  offered  for  sale  at  $30  per  front  foot.  One  day  a  gentleman 
called  on  the  agent  and  offered  him  $25  per  front  foot  for  two  of 
these  lots.  "No,"  replied  the  agent;  "the  price  is  $30."  The 
buyer  went  away  without  making  the  purchase,  but  after  thinking 
the  matter  over  he  concluded  to  buy  the  two  lots  even  at  $30  per 
front  foot.  Accordingly,  the  next  day  he  called  on  the  agent  again, 
saying,  "I  have  concluded  to  buy  two  of  your  lots  at  $30."  "Oh 
no,"  answered  the  agent,  "yesterday  my  price  was  $30,  but  to-day 
I  am  asking  $35  per  front  foot  for  this  property."  "All  right," 
replied  the  buyer,  "I  will  take  them  at  $35.  That  is  just  the 
kind  of  property  I  have  been  looking  for  that  which  will  increase  in 
value  $5  per  front  foot  in  one  day."  In  the  year  1892  this  same 
property  was  sold  for  $520  per  front  foot. 

Money  invested  in  real  estate  in  Chicago  does  not  increase  like 
that  invested  in  a  bank  account  with  compound  interest — so  much 
in  a  month — so  much  in  a  year,  still  increasing  never  ending  with 
a  certain  regularity.  Yet  money  judicially  invested  in  real  estate 
often  brings  more  gain  in  five  years  than  the  same  amount  of  money 
in  a  bank  account  would  in  twenty  years. 

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There  are  6,000,000  land  owners  in  France. 

Land  is  sold  throughout  London  by  the  square  foot. 

Lands  in  Egypt  are  now  held  at  the  lowest  prices  ever  known. 

The  height  of  buildings  in  France  are  limited  to  not  over  six 
stories. 

The  estimated  value  of  all  real  estate  in  London  is  $4,000,- 
000,000. 

The  rent  of  land  in  England  300  years  ago  was  about  a  shilling 
an  acre. 


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Twenty  million  acres  of  land  of  the  United  States  are  owned  by 
Englishmen. 

The  highest  priced  real  estate  in  London  has  an  average  value 
of  $160  per  square  foot. 

Berlin's  1,315,600  people,  have  only  26,000  dwellings;  fifty 
persons  living  in  each  house. 

There  are  2,000,000  people  in  France  who  own  less  than  two 
and  one-half  acres  of  land  each. 

The  site  of  the  City  of  Boston  was  sold  by  John  Blackstone,  in 
1635,  for  about  thirty  pounds  or  $150. 

The  height  of  private  buildings  in  London  is  limited  to  one  and 
one-half  the  width  of  the  street  on  which  they  front. 

The  estimated  amount  of  mortgage  loans  on  real  estate,  out- 
standing, in  the  United  States  in  the  year  1894  was  $7,000,000,000. 

The  block  of  land  which  is  the  site  of  the  Bank  of  England  is 
considered,  proportionate  to  its  size,  the  most  valuable  piece  of  real 
estate  in  the  world. 

The  State  of  Texas  has  57  counties  each  larger  than  the  State  of 
Rhode  Island;  has  an  area  equal  to  211  States  the  size  of  Rhode 
Island,  and,  if  as  densely  populated  as  Belgium,  would  contain  a 
population  of  58,471,600  people. 

The  fragment  of  a  lot,  22.70x62.50,  at  the  southwest  corner  of 
Wall  street  and  Broadway,  New  York  City,  was  sold  in  1892  for 
$330.70  per  square  foot.  .  This,  so  far  as  known,  was  the  highest 
price  ever  paid  for  real  estate  in  America. 

The  Park  Row  building,  at  the  corner  of  Park  Row  and  Broad- 
way, New  York  City,  is  the  tallest  office  building  in  the  world.  It 
towers  390  feet  above  the  sidewalk  and  has  a  foundation  laid  54 
feet  below  the  surface.  It  cost  to  build  $2,400,000. 

The  United  States,  with  as  dense  a  population  as  that  of  Bel- 
gium, would  contain  1,500,000,000  souls,  or  a  population  greater 
than  that  of  the  whole  world.  If  the  population  of  Chicago  wan 


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increased  in  a  like  ratio  to  that  of  the  United  States,  the  city 
would  contain  a  population  of  40,000,000.  While  it  is  not  prob- 
able— hardly  possible — that  the  growth  of  Chicago  will  ever  reach 
such  gigantic  proportions,  it  will  be  seen  by  these  figures  that  there 
is  yet  room  for  development,  and  that  Chicago  will  continue  to 
grow  to  a  greater  or  lesser  degree  as  the  nation  grows. 


CHRONOLOGY  OF  THE  LEADING  EVENTS  IN  CHICAGO'S  HISTORY. 

1673. — Joliet  and  Marquette,  two  French  missionaries,  visited 
Chicago,  coming  from  the  interior  of  the  Illinois  country  by 
way  of  the  Illinois,  Desplaines  and  Chicago  rivers.  They 
were,  so  far  as  known,  the  first  white  men  to  arrive  here. 

1674. — Marquette  again  visited  Chicago,  coming  by  way  of  Lake 
Michigan.  He,  with  his  Indian  guides,  who  arrived  here 
December  4th,  paddled  up  the  Chicago  river  in  their  canoes 
and  passed  the  following  winter  in  a  cabin  not  far  from  the 
lake. 

1677. — Chicago  was  visited  by  Father  Clande  Allouez. 
1682. — Hennepin  and  LaSalle  visited  Chicago. 

1684. — The  first  map  of  the  Chicago  country  was  drawn  in  this 
year,  probably  by  LaSalle.  It  represented  the  Chicago  river 
as  flowing  into  Lake  Michigan,  its  two  branches  extending 
northwest  and  southwest,  and  a  single  cabin  or  hut,  probably 
of  Indian  construction,  located  just  west  of  and  near  the  junc- 
tion of  the  forks  of  the  river. 

1759. — The  Illinois  country,  including  what  is  now  the  site  of 
Chicago,  was  under  the  control  of  the  French  until  Gen.  Wolfe 
took  Quebec,  September  13,  1759.  The  battle  of  Quebec 
changed  the  destiny  of  a  nation  and  was  a  turning  point  in 
Chicago's  history. 

1763. — A  treaty  of  peace,  ceding  all  French  territory  in  North 
America  east  of  the  Mississippi  and  north  of  the  Ohio  rivers  to 
the  British  was  signed  by  representatives  of  the  French  and 
English  governments  in  Paris  on  the  10th  of  February,  1763. 

1777. — Jean  Baptiste  Point  de  Sable,  a  negroe  from  St.  Domingo, 
was  Chicago's  first  settler.  Point  de  Sable  arrived  here  in 


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1777  and  built  a  cabin  on  the  north   side  of  the  Chicago  river 
and  near  the  lake. 

1778. — George  Rogers  Clark  conquered  the  Illinois  country  from 
the  English,  which  was  added  to  the  possessions  of  Virginia 
(Clark  being  a  Virginian)  in  October  of  this  year.  The 
Illinois  country  at  that  time  included  all  that  territory  lying 
north  and  west  of  the  Ohio  and  east  of  the  Mississippi  rivers. 
It  was  called  the  Illinois  county  of  Virginia. 

1784. — Virginia  ceded  all  her  territory  in  the  northwest  to  the 
United  States  March  1,  1784. 

1795. — In  the  summer  of  this  year  the  Indians  ceded  to  the  United 
States  six  miles  square  of  land  located  at  the  mouth  of  the 
Chicago  river.  The  treaty  was  ratified  December  22,  1795. 

1796. — Point  de  Sable  sold  his  possessions  in  Chicago  to  an  Indian 

trader  named  Le  Mai. 
1801. — The  Indian  territory,  including  what  is  now  Chicago,   was 

organized  by  act  of  Congress. 
1803. — John  Kinzie,   Chicago's  first  permanent  resident,  came  to 

Chicago. 
1803. — The  first  vessel  to  enter  the  Chicago  river  was  the  Tracy, 

which  arrived  in  1803. 

1804. — John  Kinzie  bought  the  Le  Mai  homestead. 

1804. — The  first  white  child  born  in  Chicago  was  in  December 
of  this  year,  and  named  Ellen  Marion  Kinzie. 

1804. — Fort  Chicago  (afterwards  called  Fort  Dearborn)  was  built 
near  what  is  now  the  southern  approach  to  Rush  street  bridge. 

1805. — Charles  Jouett,  the  first  Indian  agent  appointed. 

1809. — In  February  of  this  year  Congress  passed  an  act  to  estab- 
lish that  part  of  the  Indian  territory  called  the  Illinois  country 
as  the  territory  of  Illinois. 

1810. — First  private  school  opened  in  the  Kinzie  house,  taught  by 
Robert  A.  Forsyth. 


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1812. — August  15th  occurred  the  Chicago  massacre  near  what  is 
now  the  foot  of  18th  street.  Fort  Dearborn  was  burned  the 
next  day. 

1816. — Fort  Dearborn  was  rebuilt  by  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment. 

1818. — Illinois  was  admitted  to  the  Union  as  a  State.  Shadrich 
Bond,  the  first  Governor,  was  elected  the  same  year. 

1820. — The  first  land  sale  recorded  was  a  farm  improved  with  a 
small  house  located  near  Fort  Dearborn,  which  was  sold  in 

1820. 

1822. — Alexander  Beaubien,  born  in  Chicago  on  January  28,  1822, 
is,  at  this  writing,  December  31,  1899,  the  oldest  native  resi- 
dent. 

1822. — March  25th  a  treaty  was  made  with  the  Indians  at  Chicago, 
ceding  additional  lands  in  the  Illinois  country  to  the  United 
States. 

1822. — March  30th  Congress  authorized  the  construction  of  the 
Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal. 

1822. — The  Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal  was  surveyed. 

1823. — July  20th,  Ellen  Marion  Kinzie  and  Alexander  Wolcott 
were  married,  they  being  the  first  couple  married  in  Chicago. 

1825. — The  county  of  Peoria  included  Chicago  in  this  year. 

1825. — The -first  tax  levied  by  Peoria  county,  in  the  Chicago  dis- 
trict, was,  in  this  year  for  $90.47,  being  one  per  cent,  on  the 
assessed  value  of  $9,047. 

1826. — The  first  State  election  was  held  in  the  Chicago  precinct  of 
Peoria  county  on  August  7th,  there  being  but  thirty-five 
voters. 

1827. — March  2d  Congress  granted  to  the  State  of  Illinois  every 
alternate  section  of  land  extending  five  miles  each  side  of  the 
Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal  to  aid  in  its  construction.  The 


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land  bounded  by  State,   Madison,   Halsted  and  Kinzie  streets 
was  included  in  this  grant. 

1828. — That  part  of  Chicago  lying  east  and  south  of  the  Chicago 
river  was  fenced  in  as  a  pasture. 

1829. — January  22d  the  Illinois  legislature  passed  a  law  organizing 
a  canal  board.  The  commissioners  appointed  were  Dr.  Jayne, 
of  Springfield;  Edmund  Roberts,  of  Kaskaskia,  and  Charles 
Dunn.  They  were  authorized  to  locate  towns  and  sell  lots  to 
aid  in  the  construction  of  the  Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal. 

1830. — February  24th  the  first  map  showing  the  government  fort 
and  grounds  was  drawn  by  Mr.  F.  Harrison,  Jr.,  a  govern- 
ment civil  engineer. 

1830. — August  4th  the  first  map  of  the  Original  Town  of  Chicago, 
as  platted,  was  drawn  by  James  Thompson,  by  direction  of  the 
canal  commissioners  and  included  that  part  of  Section  9,  Town 
39,  Range  14,  bounded  by  State,  Kinzie,  Desplaines  and  Madi- 
son streets.  The  original  map  was  lost  in  the  great  fire  of 
1871.  A  copy  of  the  original  map  may  be  seen  at  the  rooms 
of  the  Chicago  Historical  Society,  142  Dearborn  avenue. 

1830. — September  27th  127  lots  in  the  Original  Town  of  Chicago 
were  sold  at  auction  for  the  benefit  of  the  canal  fund. 

1831. — March  3d  Congress  appropriated  $5,000  for  a  light- bouse 
in  the  Chicago  harbor. 

1831. — March  8th  Cook  county  was  organized. 

1831. — March  31st  the  first  postoffice  in  Chicago  was  established  in 
the  old  Kinzie  house,  and,  later  on  in  the  same  year  in  a  store 
on  South  Water  street,  near  Clark  street.  Jonathan  N. 
Bailey  was  appointed  the  first  postmaster. 

1831. — August  13th  the  first  liquor  license  was  granted  by  Cook 
County. 

1832. — The  first  public  school  was  opened  by  a  teacher  named 
John  Watkins,  with  thirty  scholars. 


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1832. — The  first  bridge  was  constructed  across  the  Chicago  river 
between  Randolph  and  Lake  streets. 

1832. — The  first  frame  building  (a  store)  was  built  near  the  corner 
of  Canal  and  West  Lake  streets. 

1832. — The  first  packing  house  was  established  at  the  southeast 
corner  of  Lake  and  Dearborn  streets. 

1833. — Congress  made  an  appropriation  of  $5,000  for  the  improve- 
ment of  the  Chicago  river. 

1833. — The  first  newspaper  in  Chicago  (The  Democrat)  was  estab- 
lished, John  Calhoun  being  its  editor. 

1833. — August  5th  Chicago  was  incorporated  as  a  town. 

1833. — September  12th  a  treaty  was  held  in  Chicago  by  which  the 
Pottawatomie,  Chippewa  and  Ottawa  tribes  of  Indians  ceded  to 
the  United  States  all  their  territory  in  Illinois  and  Wisconsin. 

1833. — October  20th  to  24th  inclusive  there  were  sold  at  auction 
138  blocks  of  school  Section  16,  bounded  by  Madison,  State, 
12th  and  Halsted  streets.  Four  blocks  of  the  section  were 
reserved,  the  reserved  portion  being  Block  1,  bounded  by 
Madison,  Halsted  and  Monroe  streets,  and  South  Union  street 
extended;  Blocks  87  and  88,  bounded  by  Harrison  and  Polk 
streets,  and  Fifth  avenue  and  the  Chicago  river;  and  Block 
142,  bounded  by  State,  Madison,'  Dearborn  and  Monroe  streets. 
The  proceeds  of  the  sale  were  $38,865. 

1834. — The  old  Kinzie  house  disappeared. 

1834.— The  first  tax  levied  by  the  Town  of  Chicago  was  for  $48.90. 

1834. — The  first  regular  church  building  built  in  Chicago  was  the 
Methodist,  built  in  1834,  on  North  Water  street,  between 
.Dearborn  and  Clark  streets. 

1834. — The  first  Sunday  law  prohibiting  saloons  from  keeping  open 
on  Sunday  was  passed  September  1st  of  this  year. 

1834. — November   10th   the  first   water-works  for  public  use  was 


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completed,  at  a  cost  of  $95.50,  which  consisted  of  a  well  north 
of  the  river. 

1835. — Chicago  experienced  a  great  boom  in  real  estate  values. 

1835. — December    12th   the   first  steam   fire  engine  company  was 

organized. 
1835. — In  December  the  first  engine-house  was  built  on  the  public 

square  on  L^Salle  street  with  a  water  reservoir  which  had  a 

capacity  for  two  hogsheads  of  water. 

1836. — July  4th  the  Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal  was  commenced. 

1836. — September  14th  the  first  license  was  given  for  a  circus  and 
menagerie  to  show  in  Chicago. 

1837. — Fort  Dearborn  was  abandoned  by  the  United  States  govern- 
ment. 
1837. — There  was  a  collapse  in  real  estate  values. 

1837. — Chicago  was  incorporated  as  a  city  on  March  4th  of  this 
year.  The  boundaries  were  as  follows:  On  the  east  by  Lake 
Michigan,  on  the  north  by  North  avenue,  on  the  west  by  Wood 
street  and  on  the  south  by  22d  street,  comprising  six  wards. 

1837. — The  first  mayor,  William  B.  Ogden,  was  elected. 
1837. — July  1st  the  first  census  of  Chicago  was  taken. 
1839. — The  first  directory  of  Chicago  was  published. 

L839. — The  Fort  Dearborn  reservation  was  platted  and  lots  sold  at 
auction  in  June  of  this  year. 

1840. — Real  estate  values  commenced  to  recover  from  the  collapse 

of  1837. 
1841. — Chicago  had  only  four  public  school  teachers. 

1843. — St.  Patrick's  day  was  first  celebrated  in  Chicago. 

1843. — April  21st  hogs  were  first  prohibited  from  running  at  largo 
in  the  streets. 

1844. — The  first  book  printed  and  bound  in  Chicago  was  by  the 
firm  of  Ellis  Fergus  &  Co.  in  this  year. 


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1847. — Chicago  had  fourteen  newspapers;  four  dailies,  six  weeklies 
and  four  monthlies. 

1848. — The  first  public  school  building  was  erected  on  Madison 
street,  between  Dearborn  and  State  streets. 

1848. — The  first  Board  of  Trade  was  established  at  the  northwest 
corner  of  LaSalle  and  South  Water  streets. 

1848. — April  10th  the  Illinois  and  Michigan  canal  was  completed 
and  opened  for  traffic.  The  entire  cost  was  $6,557,681. 

1849. — March  12th  a  great  flood  occurred  in  the  Chicago  river. 

1849. — June  1st  the  Galena  &  Chicago  Union  railroad  was  com- 
pleted to  the  Desplaines  river,  being  the  first  railroad  running 
out  of  Chicago. 

1850. — The  Galena  &  Chicago  Union  railroad  was  completed  to 
Elgin. 

1852. — The  Michigan  Southern  &  Northern  Indiana  railroad  was 
completed  to  Chicago,  being  the  first  railroad  connecting 
Chicago  with  the  East. 

1856. — Fort  Dearborn  was  removed  in  this  year. 

1856. — Chicago  Historical  Society  was  organized. 

1856. — The  first  vote  of  Chicago  for  president  of  the  United  States 
was  in  this  year.  Fremont  received  6,397  and  Buchanan  4,945 
votes. 

1858. — March  22d  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of 
Chicago  was  founded. 

1859. — April  25th  the  first  line  of  street  cars  was  opened,  running 
on  State  street  from  Randolph  to  12th  street. 

1860. — September  8th  occurred  the  greatest  catastrophe,  so  far  as 
loss  of  life  was  concerned,  that  ever  happened  in  or  about 
Chicago.  The  excursion  steamer  Lady  Elgin,  bound  from 
Chicago  to  Milwaukee,  was  lost  in  a  collision  on  the  lake  off 
Winnetka,  in  which  302  persons  lost  their  lives. 


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1861. — Camp  Douglas  was  established  in  the  fall  with  a  garrison  of 
1,800  soldiers  and  6,000  prisoners. 

1864. — Free  delivery  was  established  by  the  Chicago  postoffice. 
1865. — April  6th  the  Chicago  clearing  house  was  established. 

1867. — March  25th  water  tunnel  under  the  lake  completed.     Cost 

$457,845. 

1868. — In  November  of  this  year  wheat  sold  in  the  Chicago  market 
for  |2.47  per  bushel,  and  corn,  in  December,  for  $1.02£  per 
bushel,  being,  so  far  as  known,  the  highest  prices  ever  paid  in 
the  Chicago  market. 

1868. — Walter  L.  Newberry,  who  died  November  6th,  left,  by  will, 
one-half  his  entire  estate,  a  sum  amounting  to  $2,149,201.60, 
for  the  establishment  of  a  public  library  for  Chicago.  The 
Newberry  library  building,  completed  in  1895,  is  located  on 
the  block  bounded  by  North  Clark  and  Oak  streets  and  Dear- 
born avenue  and  Walton  place.  It  is  three  hundred  feet  long, 
sixty  feet  wide  and  four  stories  in  height.  It  is  built  of  New 
England  granite  with  an  interior  finish  of  marble,  and  is  abso- 
lutely fire  proof.  It  has  a  capacity  for  1,000,000  volumes. 

1869. — January  1st  the  Washington  street  tunnel  under  the  river, 
was  completed.  Cost,  $517,000. 

1870. — Newspapers  and  periodicals,  daily,  weekly  and  monthly, 
published  in  Chicago  in  this  year,  were,  in  number,  eighty- 
eight. 

1870. — The  number  of  bushels  of  grain  shipped  from  Chicago  in 
1870  were:  Wheat,  16,432,585  bushels;  corn,  17,777,377 
bushels.  Live  stock  received:  Cattle,  532,964  head;  sheep, 
349,855  head;  hogs,  live,  1,693,158  head;  hogs,  dressed, 
260,214  heal. 

1870. — Chicago  contained  56,000  buildings. 

1871. — The  assessed  value  of  real  estate  was  $290,000,000,  being 
less  than  half  its  actual  value. 


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1871. — The  LaSalle  street  tunnel  under  the  Chicago  river  was  com- 
pleted July  4th.  Cost,  $566,000. 

1871. — October  8th,  at  9:05  p.  M.,  the  great  Chicago  tire  started  in 
a  barn  belonging  to  Patrick  O'Leary,  at  137  DeKoven  street; 
18,000  buildings  were  destroyed.  The  total  loss  was  about 

$200,000,000. 

1872. — January  1st  the  Chicago  public  library  was  founded.  The 
new  library  building  is  located  on  the  block  bounded  by  Michi- 
gan avenue,  Randolph  and  Washington  streets,  and  Garland 
place.  The  new  building  was  commenced  July  27,  1892,  and 
completed  in  1895  and  cost  $2,000,000.  The  exterior  is  of 
stone.  The  interior  is  finished  in  marble  and  represents  the 
highest  grade  of  artistic  work  of  any  building  to  be  found  in 
Chicago. 

1886. — May  4th,  at  8  P.  M.,  occurred  the  Haymarket  riot,  a  con- 
flict between  the  city  police  and  labor  agitators,  through  which 
eight  policemen,  five  anarchists  and  one  civilian  ultimately  lost 
their  lives.  A  monument,  since  erected  at  the  intersection  of 
West  Randolph  and  Desplaines  streets,  marks  the  spot. 

1889. — John  Crerar,  who  died  on  October  19th,  left,  by  will,  a 
portion  of  his  estate,  a  sum  estimated  to  be  about  $2,500,000, 
for  the  purpose  of  founding  a  public  library  for  the  City  of 
Chicago. 

1892. — The  new  Chicago  drainage  canal  was  commenced  on  Sep- 
tember 3d.  Its  estimated  cost,  when  completed,  is  $33,000,000. 

1892. — The   Exposition  Building,    located  on  the  lake  front,    was 

removed. 
1892. — The  first  citizen  of  Chicago  to  be  elected  Governor  of  the 

State  of  Illinois  was  John  P.  Altgeld,  elected  in  the  fall  of  this 

year. 
1893. — The  World's  Columbian  Exposition  was  opened  in  Jackson 

park,   Chicago,    May  1,    1893,   and  closed  October  31,   1893. 

The  local  cost  of  the  exposition  was  $27,151,800.     The  entire 


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cost,  including  home  and  foreign  government,  and  State  build- 
ings, was  estimated  to  bo  $43,151,800.  The  Manufacturers' 
building  was  the  largest  building  ever  constructed.  It  cost,  to 
build,  $1,800,000.  It  was  1,687  feet  long,  787  feet  wide  and 
covered  nearly  31  acres  of  ground.  It  had  a  floor  space, 
including  galleries,  of  44  acres;  a  seating  capacity  for  300,000 
persons,  and  11  acres  of  glass  sky-lights.  The  aisles  were  laid 
off  in  streets  and  named,  and  maps  and  charts  furnished  to 
guide  the  traveler  through  this  colossal  labyrinth  of  wonder- 
land. 

1893. — The  Field  Columbian  Museum  was  opened  in  the  Art  Gal- 
lery at  Jackson  Park  at  the  close  of  the  World's  Columbian 
Exposition  with  a  collection  of  exhibits  valued  at  $1,500,000. 

1893. — Art  Institute  of  Chicago  was  opened  in  the  new  building  on 
the  lake  front.  The  building  cost  $600,000. 

1894. — July  5th,  at  6  p.  M.,  the  principal  part  of  the  World's  Fair 
buildings  were  destroyed  by  fire,  the  most  important  of  these 
being  the  Manufactures,  Administration,  Agricultural,  Elec- 
tricity, Mines  and  Mining,  Machinery  Hall  and  the  Terminal 
station. 

1897. — On  the  evening  of  December.  4th  the  Coliseum  building, 
located  at  the  corner  of  63d  street  and  Stoney  Island  avenue, 
was  destroyed  by  fire.  Loss,  §700,000. 

1898. — A  National  Peace  Jubilee  was  held  in  Chicago  on  October 
18th  and  19th,  in  commemoration  of  the  return  of  peace  at  the 
close  of  the  war  between  the  United  States  and  Spain.  The 
event  was  made  notable  by  the  attendance  of  the  President  of 
the  United  States  and  other  high  officials;  by  the  magnificent 
arches  built  over  the  streets,  and  by  a  gorgeous  and  resplendent 
illumination  of  the  city  at  night. 

1898. — A  bazaar,  closing  with  a  ball,  was  hold  at  the  Auditorium 
by  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Charity  Association  of  Chica'go, 
for  the  week  ending  December  7th.  The  proceeds,  amounting 


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to  $106,000,  were  donated  to  the  various  charitable  institutions 
of  the  city. 

1898. — There  were  received  in  Chicago  during  the  year  1898  a 
total  of  299,752,717  bushels  of  grain. 

1899. — October  4th  to  October  llth,  inclusive,  an  Autumnal  Fes- 
tival was  held  in  Chicago.  State  street,  from  Lake  street  to 
VanBuren  street,  was  transformed  into  a  wilderness  of  decora- 
tions. There  were  magnificent  arches  adorned  with  statuary, 
colonades  and  peristyles,  and  flags  and  bunting  in  profusion; 
the  whole  being  illuminated  at  night  by  incandescent  lights  and 
torches.  On  the  morning  of  October  9th  the  corner  stone  to 
the  new  postoffice  building  was  placed  in  position  by  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  William  McKinley.  A  parade  of 
nations  was  given  on  the  evening  of  October  10th.  In  the 
United  States  section  could  be  seen  the  electric  carriage  of  the 
nineteenth  century  after  Christ,  closely  followed,  in  the  Chinese 
section,  by  a  huge  dragon  of  the  nineteenth  century  before 
Christ.  This  dragon,  fully  300  feet  long,  with  humps  and 
horns  and  scales  and  tentacles,  a  monstrous  head  and  glaring 
eyes  and  a  mouth  breathing  forth  fire — this  hideous  monster, 
neither  fish  nor  fowl  nor  reptile,  neither  brute  nor  human— 
this  mediator  of  a  god  and  devil — this  false  messenger  and 
fiend,  this  dragon — as  seen  winding  along  the  streets  and 
through  the  arches  on  that  gala  autumnal  night,  presented  to 
the  observer  a  picture  most  strange  and  unnatural;  a  vision 
startling  and  terrible;  a  scene  long  to  be  remembered. 

An  industrial  show  was  given  on  October  llth,   being  the 
closing  act  in  this  last  great  drama  of  the  nineteenth  century. 


CHICAGO  IN  PRE-HISTORIC  TIMES. 

To  study  well  the  history  of  Chicago  we  should  commence  at 
the  beginning,  but  when  we  turn  backward  to  the  beginning  of  the 
world  and  try  to  fathom  that  mysterious  epoch  of  time  we  find 
ourselves  lost  in  a  labyrinth  of  insignificance.  According  to  my- 
thology gods  and  demi-gods  ruled  over  Egypt  for  36,000  years 
before  it  became  fitted  for  the  abode  of  mortal  man.  Geology  tells 
us  that  during  the  glacial  period  that  portion  of  North  America 
known  as  the  great  lake  region  was  covered  with  huge  mountains  of 
ice  which  for  10,000  years  or  more  were  drifting  slowly  to  the 
south,  grinding  everything  before  them.  This  country,  it  seems, 
like  that  of  ancient  Egypt,  was  being  ruled  over  by  gods  and  demi- 
gods, that  it,  too,  might  become  fitted  for  the  abode  of  mortal  man. 

The  ethnologist  next  steps  in,  and  by  a  curious  combination  of 
geology  and  ethnology,  claims  to  show  beyond  a  doubt  that  imme- 
diately after  the  glacial  period,  this  lake  region  was  inhabited  by 
giants  and  mastodons;  men  fifteen  feet  high  and  animals  weighing 
many  tons  walked  the  earth  together. 

The  next  dynasty  is  known  as  that  of  the  mound  builders. 
Unmistakable  evidence  of  their  existence  is  found  in  the  ruins  of 
their  works  and  fortifications  in  the  States  of  Ohio,  Wisconsin, 
Illinois  and  elsewhere. 

Thus  do  we  come  down  from  the  hazy  mist  of  the  beginning  to 
authentic  history,  from  the  visionary  to  the  real;  not  unlike  an 
approaching  ship  at  sea;  first  a  mist,  then  a  speck,  then  a  sail,  then 
a  ship;  the  ship  at  last  reaches  port  and  we  investigate.  We  now 
reach  authentic  history  and  we  investigate. 


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THE  INDIAN. 

"  Still  to  the  white  man's  wants  there  is  no  end; 

He  said,  beyond  those  hills  he  would  not  come. 
But  to  the  western  seas  his  hands  extend, 
'Ere  yet  his  promise  dies  upon  his  tongue." 

[  Unpublished  Poem.~\ 

"By  and  by  the  Dutchmaan  arrived  at  Manahachtanicuke  (Man- 
hattan Island.)  The  great  man  wanted  only  a  little,  little  land,  on 
which  to  raise  greens  far  his  soup,  just  as  much  as  a  bullock's  hide 
would  cover.  Here  we  first  might  have  observed  their  deceitful 
spirit.  The  bullock's  hide  was  cut  into  little  strips  and  did  net 
cover,  indeed,  but  encircled  a  very  large  piece  of  land,  which  we 
foolishly  granted  to  them.  They  were  to  raise  greens  on  it,  instead 
of  which  they  planted  great  guns,  and  at  last  drove  us  entirely  out 
of  the  country."  —Heckwalde1  s  History  of  the  Indian. 

When  Joliet  and  Marquette  first  visited  Chicago  in  the  year 
Iu73,  they  found  the  Indians  in  possession  of  the  land.  By  what 
right  and  title  they  had  acquired  possession,  we  are  unable  to  say. 
All  events  of  an  historical  nature,  previous  to  the  year  1673,  are 
mythical  and  traditional.  The  Indians  held  possession  of  Chicago 
and  the  Illinois  country  until  Genl.  Wolfe  took  Quebec,  in  1759, 
when  all  Canada  and  the  northwest  territory  fell  into  the  hands  of 
the  English.  The  battle  of  Quebec  changed  the  destiny  of  the 
nation.  The  rise  of  Chicago  was  due  to  the  fall  of  Quebec.  In 
after  years  that  great  tide  of  Yankee  civilization  swept  everything 
before  it.  The  hereditary  rights  of  the  Indian  to  the  lands  of 
Chicago  were  as  but  eggshells  on  a  rolling  sea.  The  Indian  was 
not  treated  fairly,  and  we  are  sorry,  but  we  need  not,  however,  at 
this  late  day,  bemoan  the  lot  of  the  Indian.  We  need  not  sing  the 
songs  of  the  poets  and  utter  chants  and  maledictions;  we  need  not 
visit  halls  of  legislation  and  plead  in  his  behalf,  for  the  genuine 
old-time  Chicago  Indian  is  no  longer  with  us.  He  has  passed  away 
forever;  he  is  now  in  the  happy  hunting  grounds  over  the  river. 


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THE  JESUIT. 

•'  A  rude  and  unshapely  chapel  stands, 
Built  up  in  that  wild  by  unskilled  hands, 
Yet  the  traveller  knows  it  is  a  place  of  prayer, 
For  the  holy  sign  of  the  cross  is  there." 

—  Whittier. 

"Jesuit  missionaries,  among  the  best  and  purest  of  their  order, 
burning  with  zeal  for  the  salvation  of  souls,  and  the  gaining  of  an 
immortal  crown,  here  toiled  and  suffered,  with  a  self-sacrificing 
devotion  which  extorts  a  tribute  of  admiration  even  from  sectarian 
bigotry.  While  the  colder  apostles  of  Protestantism  labored  upon 
the  outskirts  of  heathendom,  these  champions  of  the  cross  pene- 
trated the  dark  and  dreary  domain,  confronting  death  at  every  step, 
and  well  repaid  for  all,  could  they  but  sprinkle  a  few  drops  of 
water  on  the  forehead  of  a  dying  child,  or  hang  a  gilded  crucifix 
round  the  neck  of  some  warrior,  pleased  with  the  glittering  trinket. 

With  the  beginning  of  the  eighteenth  century,  the  black  robe  of 
the  Jesuit  was  known  in  every  village  of  the  Illinois.  Defying 
the  wiles  of  Sutan  and  the  malice  of  his  emissaries,  the  Indian 
sorcerers;  exposed  to  the  rage  of  the  elements,  and  every  casualty 
of  forest  life,  they  followed  their  wandering  proselytes  to  war  and 
to  the  chase;  now  wading  through  morasses,  now  dragging  canoes 
over  rapids  and  sand-bars;  now  scorched  with  heat  of  the  swelter- 
ing prairie,  and  now  shivering,  houseless,  in  the  blasts  of  January. 
At  Kaskaskia  and  Cahokia  they  established  missions,  and  built  frail 
churches  from  the  bark  of  trees,  fit  emblems  of  their  own  transient 
and  futile  labors.  Soldiers  and  fur-traders  followed  where  these 
pioneers  of  the  cross  had  led  the  way." 

—  Conspiracy  of  Pontiac. 

******** 

Away  up  in  the  lake  region  of  the  north-land,  far  distant  on  the 
gentle  slope  of  a  mountain  side,  far  removed  from  the  busy  haunts 
of  man;  up  where  the  deer  stalks  forth  in  all  his  mountain  majesty, 
where  the  birds  sing,  the  squirrels  play,  and  where  the  bees  gather 
honey;  up  where  all  is  solitude  most  beautiful  and  grand,  there 


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stands,  it  is  said,  to  this  day  one  of  these  old  Jesuit  chapels.  In 
late  years  it  has  been  encircled  and  enclosed  by  a  more  substantial 
structure  to  protect  it  from  the  ravages  of  time.  Yet  there  it 
stands  to-day  as  it  stood  two  hundred  years  ago,  a  monument  to  the 
name  and  faith  of  its  builder. 

Let  us  turn  from  this  mountain  wilderness  and  walk  down  the 
streets  of  Chicago.  Let  us  pass  beneath  the  portals  of  that  great 
building  at  the  northwest  corner  of  Dearborn  and  Adams  streets, 
and  pause  for  one  moment  to  read  the  tablets  of  bronze,  stone  and 
marble  that  pay  homage  to  the  name  and  memory  of  Marquette, 
Chicago's  first  visitor;  he  who  passed  the  winter  of  1674-'75  in 
that  lone  cabin  by  the  river  where  now  rises  up  the  Great  City  of 
Chicago. 

Long  after  this  great  building  shall  have  crumbled  will  the  name 
of  Marquette  be  held  sacred  by  the  people  of  Chicago.  Long  after 
his  name  shall  have  been  forgotten  will  his  spirit  dwell  in  glory. 
Marquette,  the  Jesuit  priest  and  missionary;  he  who  lived  and  toiled 
and  struggled  for  the  good  of  others;  he  who  sprinkled  holy  water 
on  the  forehead  of  the  dying  child;  he  who  built  the  chapel  in  the 
wilderness  and  converted  the  savage.  Marquette,  the  Jesuit  priest 
and  missionary,  the  pioneer  and  discoverer;  this  great,  this  good, 
this  almost  perfect  man,  has  gone  to  receive  his  great  reward  in 
heaven;  to  live  that  brighter  life  for  which  his  labors  here  were 
but  the  preparation. 


THE  GREAT  CHICAGO  FIRE. 

A  $200,000,000  Building. 

On  the  night  of  the  8th  of  October,  1871,  a  fire  broke  out  in  a 
stable  situated  on  Dekoven  street  near  the  Chicago  river,  being 
caused  by  a  cow  kicking  over  a  lamp.  A  high  wind  at  the  time 
carried  the  burning  boards  and  shingles  to  other  buildings  in  the 
vicinity  and  thereby  caused  the  greatest  fire  ever  known  in  America. 
Some  people  had  prophesied  this  fire.  George  Francis  Train,  in  a 
lecture  given  in  Farwell  Hall  before  the  fire,  had  told  the  people 


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that  a  tempest  of  flame  would  soon  sweep  through  the  city  and  that 
Chicago  would  be  destroyed.  Whether  this  great  philosopher  could 
read  the  dim  future,  or  whether  he,  by  chance,  had  hit  upon  the 
truth,  we  cannot  say.  Nevertheless,  the  fire  came  and  the  city  was 
burned. 

When  the  fire  started  a  bell  was  rung,  a  gong  was  sounded,  a 
fire  engine  dashed  down  the  street;  but  what  of  that  ?  A  barn  was 
burning,  but  what  of  that?  These  were  common  sights  and  every- 
day occurrences  in  a  great  city.  Not  until  the  old  court-house  bell 
had  continued  to  ring  forth  with  that  dull,  weird,  ill-omened  sound, 
had  the  people  of  Chicago  any  idea  that  there  was  any  more  than  an 
ordinary  fire  and  that  their  city  was  burning  up. 

Mrs.  O'Leary  with  her  cow  and  a  calf  were  the  only  three  living 
beings  who  saw  the  commencement  of  this  fire.  These  three  were 
there,  these  three  alone.  Goats,  pigs  and  geese  were  in  close  prox- 
imity, but  they  were  not  inside  the  barn  and  did  not  see  the  fire 
when  it  started.  They  had  all  turned  in  for  the  night  in  other 
quarters. 

The  ultimate  results  of  the  fire,  the  damage  wrought,  the 
fortunes  lost,  the  hopes  blasted,  the  lives  sacrificed,  the  whole  narra- 
tive, more  like  fiction  than  fact,  more  like  a  dream  than  a  story,  has 
many  times  been  told  by  abler  pens  than  mine  and  need  not  be 
repeated  here.  It  is  safe  to  say,  however,  that  had  it  not  been  for 
that  tinder-box  of  a  cow  stable  the  city  of  Chicago  would  not  have 
been  burned. 

This  cow  stable  was  situated  in  a  part  of  the  city  which  was  con- 
sidered a  little  too  cheap  for  business  purposes,  a  little  too  poor  for 
residence  purposes.  Besides  being  isolated  it  was  unpretentious. 
It  had  no  Mansard  roof,  no  stained  glass  window,  no  concrete  floor. 
The  door  was  not  of  rosewood,  neither  had  it  knobs  of  ivory,  but 
instead,  a  large  wooden  button  turned  upon  a  nail  and  locked  the 
entrance.  The  outer  covering  to  this  barn  was  of  rough  boards, 
weather  worn  and  worm  eaten — not  an  ordinary  barn,  indeed,  yet 
extraordinary;  extraordinary  in-as-much  as  it  had  a  destiny.  Its 


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destiny  was  to  go  up  in  smoke  and  down  in  history.  It  proved  to 
be  the  most  costly  building  ever  constructed.  Its  chief  cost,  how- 
ever, did  not  lay  in  its  construction,  but  its  destruction.  Its  destruc- 
tion cost  the  city  of  Chicago  $200,000,000. 

TEN  MILES  AWAY. 

The  most  costly  oil  paintings  show  to  the  best  advantage  when 
seen  from  a  certain  distance.  One  must  be  so  far  away  that  all 
trace  of  the  painter's  brush  shall  be  lost  sight  of.  The  picture, 
taken  as  a  whole,  must  represent  nature — not  art.  Art  can  imitate, 
but  cannot  equal  nature.  The  Great  Chicago  Fire  was  seen  to  the 
best  advantage  in  the  night  and  from  the  prairies  ten  miles  away. 
From  this  distance  could  be  seen  great  clouds  of  smoke  and  fire 
rising  far  above  the  city;  a  reeking,  festering,  sickening,  boiling 
mass  of  smoke  and  fire.  A  hydra  with  many  heads — a  dragon  with 
many  mouths — a  monster  with  many  eyes.  In  appearance,  a  terrible 
combination  of  monstrosities — repulsive,  yet  fascinating;  awful,  yet 
grand.  No  tongue  can  tell  the  story;  no  brush  can  paint  the 
picture.  This  was  nature's  panorama;  this  hurricane  of  fire;  this 
demon  of  the  night. 

THE  CLOCK  STRIKES  12. 

Prophecies. 

It  has,  for  a  long  time,  been  the  custom  of  the  people  of  Chicago 
to  celebrate  the  advent  of  the  new  year  with  guns  and  bombs  and 
fire-crackers,  and  by  feasting,  song  and  prayer.  The  one  who 
writes  these  lines,  in  order  to  secure  vantage  ground  on  such  an 
occasion,  finds  himself  on  the  roof  of  one  of  those  tall  office  build- 
ings of  Chicago  at  forty-five  minutes  past  11  o'clock  at  night, 
December  31st,  1899.  During  the  intervening  fifteen  minutes 
between  the  present  time  and  the  beginning  -of  another  year,  he  will 
engage  in  a  reverie  of  thought — a  study  of  prophecies.  What  will 
people  see  in  Chicago  one  hundred  years  hence  ? 

11:45— They  will  see  a  city  of  5,000,000  population. 
11:46 — They  will  see  the  second  largest  city  on  the  globe. 


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11:47 — They  will  see  the  enthusiast,  who  has  lots  to  sell  at  a  fabu- 
lous price,  and  the  common  skeptic,  who  does  not  wish  to  buy 
because  he  has  no  money. 

11:48 — They  will  see  dwelling  houses  built  of  paper. 

11:49 — They  will  see  heat,  light  and  water  furnished  free,  by  the 
municipality. 

11:50 — They  will  see  fire-escapes  in  the  centers  of  tall  buildings  and 
supplied  with  air-cushions  through  which  one  can  drop  from 
the  twentieth  story  to  terra-firma  in  perfect  safety. 

11:51 — They  will  see  sidewalks  in  front  of  the  first,  second  and 
third  stories  of  business  houses. 

11:52 — They  will  see  passengers,  freight  and  mail  carried  from 
Chicago  to  New  York  through  tubes  of  compressed  air. 

11:53 — They  will  see  cars  with  runners  instead  of  wheels. 

11:54 — They  will  see  ocean  craft  sail  direct  between  Chicago  and 
London. 

11:55— They  will  see  school  children  in  the  public  schools  who  can 
weigh  the  earth  with  a  lead  pencil. 

11:56 — They  will  see  wonderful  strides  in  astronomy — a  combina 
tion  of  magnifying  glasses  through    which  one  can  discover 
human  beings  in  the  moon. 

11:57 — They  will  see  the  inventiv%e  genius  who  thinks  he  has  at  last 
discovered  perpetual  motion. 

11:58 — They  will  see  cannon  balls  used  as  paper  weights  and  bayo- 
nets melted  into  plowshares. 

11:59 — They  will  see — ha!  but  what  is  that  ?  A  flash  of  light,  a  loud 
report,  an  explosion.  1  fear  some  great  disaster.  No!  it 
cannot  be,  for  simultaneously,  the  whistles  blow,  the  bells  are 
ringing — 'tis  but  a  celebration. — The  Clock  Strikes  12. 


INDEX. 

PAGE 

Values  per  square  foot  of  the  business  center 5 

Rental  values  of  the  business  center 17 

Real  estate  belonging  to  the  school  fund 30 

Canal  lots  sold  at  auction  in  original  town  Sept.  27,  1830 33 

Comparative  statement  of  land  values — 1839  with  1899 36 

Values  per  front  foot  of  the  outlying  districts 37 

General  statistics .- 103 

Notes  of  interest 121 

Chronology  of  the  leading  events  in  Chicago's  history 126 

Chicago  in  pro-historic  times 137 

The  Indian 138 

The  Jesuit 139 

The  Great  Chicago  Fire • .140 

The  Clock  Strikes  12 ..  .  142 


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